Conducive meeting with H.E Dr Marie Khémesse Ngom Ndiaye, MoH of Senegal.
Senegal is committed to support the amendments of the tobacco control legislation including to take account the novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products and introducing plain packaging.
Professor Geneviève Chêne, Chief Executive of Santé publique France and Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo
Productive meeting with Minister for Health and Medical Services Hon. Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete to discuss implementation of FCTC 2030 in Fiji.
Meeting with Kazakhstan’s Minister of Health, Hon. Dr Azhar Giniyat where we discussed progress and challenges in implementing the WHO FCTC in the country.
Fruitful meeting with Hon. Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo to discuss tobacco control bill supported through FCTC 2030 in Zambia.
Meeting with Hon. Dr Christopher Tufton, Minister of Health & Wellness of Jamaica to discuss how Jamaica is advancing implementation of the WHO FCTC and laying the path for improving the health of the Jamaicans.
Productive discussion on the achievements and challenges of Uruguay in the application of the Framework Convention and the Protocol for the Elimination of Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Meeting with Dr. José Ruales, Deputy Minister of Governance and Health Surveillance to discuss the Protocol and the challenges with the track and trace system.
Courtesy visit from H.E. Ambassador Álvaro Moerzinger, Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the UNOG to the Head of the Secretariat
L-R: H.E. Mr Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iran to UNOG, President of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC, Dr Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, former Head of the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head of the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC.
L-R: Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head of the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC, Dr Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, former Head of the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC, H.E. Mr Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iran to UNOG, President of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC, Dr Haik Nikogosian, Head of the Secretariat Emeritus of the WHO FCTC and Dr Douglas Bettcher, former Head of the Interim Secretariat
L-R: Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head of the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC, Dr Haik Nikogosian, Head of the Secretariat Emeritus of the WHO FCTC and Dr Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, former Head of the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
H.E Dr Oleg Salagay, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation with Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo.
Russian delegation meeting the Head of the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC.
Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo with H.E. State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sports of the Netherlands, Mr Paul Blokhuis.
Secretariat of the WHO FCTC. March 2020
Meeting with H.E. Dr Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health of the State of Qatar to discuss the status of implementation of the WHO FCTC in Qatar and about a tobacco-free World Cup.