Papua New Guinea WHO FCTC Needs Assessment

Papua New Guinea ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) on 25 May 2006 and the treaty entered into force for the country on 23 August 2006. A joint assessment of the needs concerning the implementation of the WHO FCTC was conducted by the Convention Secretariat and the Government of Papua New Guinea, with the participation of the WHO Representative in Papua New Guinea, from 9 to 13 November 2009. The detailed assessment involved various relevant ministries and agencies of the Government of Papua New Guinea. The following report is, therefore, based on the findings of the joint needs assessment mission.