Eswatini WHO FCTC Needs Assessment

Overview

Eswatini signed the WHO FCTC on 29 June 2004 and ratified the WHO FCTC on 13 January 2006. In 2020, Eswatini joined the FCTC 2030 project. As a first step in the FCTC 2030 project, a needs assessment exercise for implementation of the WHO FCTC was conducted jointly by the Government of Eswatini, the Convention Secretariat, WHO and UNDP. The exercise consisted of an initial analysis of the country’s status in relation to the implementation of the WHO FCTC, which encompassed the country’s most recent WHO FCTC implementation report, surveys, and other sources of information.

Next, an international team led by the Convention Secretariat and including representatives from WHO and UNDP, undertook a mission to Eswatini from 10-14 March 2020 and held meetings with the MoH, other relevant government ministries and agencies, international organizations and other stakeholders, to identify their roles and to identify gaps and challenges in the implementation of the WHO FCTC in Eswatini.