United Republic of Tanzania WHO FCTC Needs Assessment

Overview

The United Republic of Tanzania signed the WHO FCTC on 27 January 2004 and ratified it on 30 April 2007. For the United Republic of Tanzania to fully meet its obligations, a needs assessment exercise for implementation of the WHO FCTC was conducted jointly by the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children and the Convention Secretariat from 28 to 30 June 2021. The Needs Assessment includes an initial analysis of the status, challenges and potential needs deriving from the country’s WHO FCTC implementation reports and other sources of information, as well as an international mission involving meetings with various tobacco control stakeholders in the country. An international team led by the Convention Secretariat along with representatives of the WHO (Regional and Country Offices) and UNDP (Headquarters and Country Office) conducted a hybrid mission in Tanzania. The needs assessment mission team met (virtually for international participants and in person for country participants) with relevant government departments, NGOs, and other stakeholders who convened at Kibo Palace Hotel in Morogoro from 28 to 30 June 2021.