Lao People’s Democratic Republic WHO FCTC Needs Assessment

Overview

Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) ratified the WHO FCTC on 6 September 2006. The Convention entered into force for Lao PDR on 5 December 2006. An assessment of the needs for implementation of the WHO FCTC in Lao PDR was conducted jointly by the Government of Lao PDR and the Convention Secretariat from June to September 2014, following 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, which included representatives of the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, the WHO Country Office in Lao PDR and the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), conducted the mission in Lao PDR together with representatives of the Government from 8 to 12 September 2014.