Kigali, 27th August 2019: The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Rwanda, is organizing in Kigali, a three days' workshop, from 27th to 29th August 2019, on WHO Africa Gates Tobacco Control Project Review in the African Region. The participants are focal points for Tobacco control in the Ministries of Health and WHO Country Offices from countries supported by the Gates Tobacco Control Project whose current phase of Project is Phase 3 which commenced on 6th April 2017 and will end in 2020. A total of 13 countries are benefiting from the project funding namely, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Togo and Uganda.
The objectives of the meeting are to:
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