The  International  Legal  Consortium  at  the  Campaign  for  Tobacco-Free  Kids  (CTFK)  and  the  Africa  Tobacco  Control  Alliance  (ATCA)  on  October  23rd,  2009,  opened  a  Legal  Workshop  for  Tobacco  Control  Lawyers  in  Africa.  The  meeting  which  took  place  in  Nairobi,  Kenya  with  over  50  lawyers  from  over  32  countries  present,  was  developed  to  provide  the  platform  for  discussing  common  concerns  and  issues  related  to  tobacco  control  in  Africa,  sharing  information  on  effective  tobacco  control  legislation  and  shaping  the  goals,  objectives  and  activities  of  a  Lawyers  network  for  the  ...

Building  strategic  partnership  with  the  Media  has  been  one  of  ATCRI's  core  objectives  in  the  African  region.  The  Africa  Journalists  Network  became  the  approriate  channel  for  rallying  media  support  for  tobacco  control  in  the  region,  while  providing  the  platform  for  a  continuos  process  of  improving  the  capacity  of  journalists  to  report  on  current  issues  in  tobacco  control  and  foster  rich  cross-border  partnership  with  other  journalist  network  groups  in  other  countries  within  the  region. 
ATCRI's  concept  and  model  of  a  journalist  network  thrives  on  the  need  to  create  ...

The  African  Tobacco  Situational  Analysis  (ATSA)  is  a  two-year  initiative  of  the  International  Development  Research  Centre  (IDRC)  with  the  support  of  the  Bill  and  Melinda  Gates  Foundation.  The  initiative  was  launched  in  December  2007,  and  after  a  competitive  review  process  (through  a  Call  for  Letters  of  Intent),  12  Sub-Saharan  African  country  teams  were  selected  for  funding.  The  overall  objectives  of  the  initiative  are  to  understand  the  critical  determinants  of  success  for  tobacco  control  in  Sub-Saharan  Africa,  and  to  inform  the  development  and  implementation  of  tobacco  control  strategies  ...