Implementing Article 5.2(a) of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
The WHO FCTC acknowledges that most well-proven tobacco-control measures require the meaningful engagement of sectors beyond health, such as finance, tax, justice, agriculture, trade, labour, education, youth and others. Herein lies one of the greatest challenges that countries face: establishing a governance framework, or using an existing one, that can coordinate the complexities of tobacco control policy while facilitating co-operation between administrative bodies. WHO FCTC Article 5.2(a) addresses directly the complexities – and opportunities – of involving various government sectors in tobacco control. It obliges Parties to establish or reinforce, and then finance, a governance process for WHO FCTC implementation.
This report, published by UNDP and the FCTC Convention Secretariat examines the lessons, experiences and good practices that have accrued among the 44 South Saharan African Parties since the treaty came into force in 2005 in the establishment of a national multisectoral coordinating mechanism for tobacco control. The report also presents a set of practical recommendations for policymakers to institutionalize well-functioning and reliably financed tobacco-control focal points and National Coordinating Mechanisms.
The report’s intended audience is those involved in developing, implementing and strengthening intra-governmental mechanisms to implement the WHO FCTC.
- Tobacco Control Governance in sub-Saharan Africa
pdf, 2.98Mb - Speech of Mandeep Dhaliwal, Director of UNDP's HIV, Health and Development Group, New York, 11 February 2016
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