International collaboration to build tobacco control capacity: a case study of KOMPLY from the World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders program
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2018
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Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Article 22 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control calls for collaboration among the Parties and international organizations to facilitate the
development, transfer and acquisition of knowledge, skills, capacity and expertise related to tobacco control. International collaborations are especially
important to help counter the tobacco epidemic in low and middle-income countries and will also contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals. We will
summarise the World Heart Federation (WHF) Emerging Leaders program, using the case study of the KOMPLY collaboration which focused on evaluating
and supporting compliance with Uganda's newly implemented smoke-free legislation