Gabon WHO FCTC Needs Assessment

Overview

The Gabonese Republic (hereinafter Gabon) signed the WHO FCTC on 22 August 2003, being among the first 40 countries to do so, and ratified it on 20 February 2009. The Convention entered into force for Gabon on 21 May 2009. An assessment of the needs for implementation of the WHO FCTC in Gabon was conducted jointly by the Government of Gabon and the Convention Secretariat from April to July 2013, including an initial analysis of the status of implementation, and the challenges and potential needs deriving from the country’s most recent implementation report and other sources of information. An international team led by the Convention Secretariat, with the participation of the WHO Country Office in Gabon, conducted a mission together with representatives of the Government, from 1 to 9 July 2013. The assessment involved relevant ministries and agencies of Gabon and several nongovernmental organizations working on tobacco control.