Zambia WHO FCTC Needs Assessment

Overview

Zambia became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on 23 May 2008. At the request of the Government of Zambia, a needs assessment exercise relating to the implementation of the WHO FCTC was conducted jointly by the Ministry of Health of Zambia with an international team that comprised the WHO FCTC Secretariat, AFRO, WHO Country Office for Zambia and UNDP. This needs assessment process included an initial analysis of the status, challenges and potential needs deriving from the country’s most recent WHO FCTC implementation report and other relevant sources of information. The needs assessment mission was undertaken in Zambia over 21-24 November 2017. During the needs assessment, relevant government ministries and agencies in Zambia were engaged, as well as the Parliament of Zambia’s Health Committee, academics, and representatives from civil society.