Investment case for tobacco control in Ghana
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2024-05-06
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9240092625
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Investment case for tobacco control in Burkina Faso
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2024-05-09
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9240092609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9241505184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contains the guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Parties. These seven guidelines cover a wide range of provisions of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, such as: the protection of public health policies with respect to tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry; protection from exposure to tobacco smoke; packaging and labelling of tobacco products; and tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and cessation. These guidelines are intended to help Parties to meet their obligations under the respective provisions of the Convention. They reflect the consolidated views of Parties on different aspects of implementation, their experiences and achievements, and the challenges faced. The guidelines also aim to reflect and promote best practices and standards that governments would benefit from in the treaty-implementation process.
The Millennium Development Goals and Tobacco Control
Author: Katharine M. Esson
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789241562874
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study demonstrates the relevance of tobacco control in achieving each of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It outlines the occurrence of the high yet increasing prevalence of tobacco use in the developing world, and documents the negative impact that tobacco cultivation and tobacco-use have on poverty and development. Global partnership is deemed to be important in strengthening tobacco control, which all nations and their development agencies are urged to address as an aspect of policy. The study recommends that tobacco control should be included as a vital ingredient contributing towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. To this end, countries are encouraged to become Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which is an essential tool to bring about tobacco control in all countries, whatever their stage of socioeconomic development.
Tobacco Control in Africa
Author: Jeffrey Drope
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0857287834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume utilizes the work initiated and executed under a recent major public health initiative, the African Tobacco Situational Analyses (ATSA), which was sponsored by the Canadian government's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) with funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The program was conceived to illuminate the factors that will facilitate the reform of major public health policies, particularly, but not limited to, tobacco. The results, presented in this volume, are an important contribution to the literature on global public health and international development, and comprise the most comprehensive evidence-based analysis of tobacco policy in the African region.
WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2017
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2017-08-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789241512824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe report "Monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies" tracks the status of the tobacco epidemic and interventions to combat it. The report finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas. About 4.7 billion people - 63% of the world's population - are covered by at least one comprehensive tobacco control measure, which has quadrupled since 2007 when only 1 billion people and 15% of the world's population were covered.
The Tobacco Atlas
Author: Judith Mackay
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9789241562096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKResearch in the past five years suggests a bleak picture of the health dangers of smoking, with tobacco the biggest single killer of all forms of pollution. It is estimated that one person dies every ten seconds due to smoking-related diseases. This publication considers the history and current position regarding tobacco use, as well as providing some predictions for the future of the tobacco epidemic upto the year 2050. It contains a number of full-colour world maps and graphics to illustrate the variations between countries and regions. Issues discussed include: tobacco prevalence and consumption; youth smoking; the economics of tobacco farming and manufacturing; smuggling; the tobacco industry, promotion, profits and trade; smokers' rights; legislative action such as smoke-free areas, tobacco advertising bans and health warnings.
Health Financing in Ghana
Author: George Schieber
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2012-08-30
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 082139567X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume analyzes Ghana s National Health Insurance Scheme and highlights the range of policy options needed to assure its financially sustainable transition to universal coverage.
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 6)
Author: King K. Holmes
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2017-11-06
Total Pages: 1027
ISBN-13: 1464805253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInfectious diseases are the leading cause of death globally, particularly among children and young adults. The spread of new pathogens and the threat of antimicrobial resistance pose particular challenges in combating these diseases. Major Infectious Diseases identifies feasible, cost-effective packages of interventions and strategies across delivery platforms to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, malaria, adult febrile illness, viral hepatitis, and neglected tropical diseases. The volume emphasizes the need to effectively address emerging antimicrobial resistance, strengthen health systems, and increase access to care. The attainable goals are to reduce incidence, develop innovative approaches, and optimize existing tools in resource-constrained settings.
Tobacco and Public Health
Author: Peter Boyle
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 840
ISBN-13: 9780198526872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book comprehensively covers the science and policy issues relevant to one of the major public health disasters of modern times. It pulls together the aetiology and burden of the myriad of tobacco related diseases with the successes and failures of tobacco control policies. The book looks at lessons learnt to help set health policy for reducing the burden of tobacco related diseases. The book also deals with the international public health policy issues which bear on control of the problem of tobacco use and which vary between continents. The editors are an international group distinguished in the field of tobacco related diseases, epidemiology, and tobacco control. The contributors are world experts drawn from the various clinical fields. This major reference text gives a unique overview of one of the major public health problems in both the developed and developing world. The book is directed at an international public health and epidemiology audience includng health economists and those interested in tobacco control.
