This book reviews the challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the regional and national levels in Africa. It contains an analysis of the relevant norms and monitoring mechanisms at the regional level, and case studies from selected African and other developing countries.
The WHO has noted that tobacco use or exposure to tobacco is a major health risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This volume highlights the importance of taking measures to control tobacco use in Africa with a view to preventing these risks. With contributions from experts from the Global South, the book provides a critical analysis of the role that human rights can play in mitigating the impact of tobacco use and NCDs, and the implementation of the FCTC. The book contains a systematic and in-depth analysis of how efforts to realise the right to health under international and regional law can help to address the incidence of tobacco use in the developing world.
The collection will be an important resource for academics, researchers and policymakers working in the areas of public health law and international human rights.
Author(s): Ebenezer Durojaye, Lucyline Nkatha Murungi
Series: Routledge Research in Health Law
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 356
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of tables
List of acronyms and abbreviations
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I Introduction
1 Introduction
2 The role of the African human rights system in promoting tobacco control and addressing related non-communicable diseases
Part II Country case studies
3 The implementation of the WHO FCTC: lessons from Ghana
4 Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the FCTC in South Africa
5 An overview of Nigeria’s efforts in addressing non-communicable diseases within the WHO FCTC
6 Tobacco control and the right to health in Kenya: implementation of the WHO FCTC
7 Examining tobacco-related health rights in Zambia in light of the WHO FCTC
8 Tobacco smoking and the law in Rwanda: progress, challenges and perspectives
9 The state of Zimbabwe’s compliance with the WHO FCTC
10 Assessing the level of compliance of the domestic normative framework on tobacco products of Mauritius with the FCTC
Part III Lessons from other jurisdictions
11 The David and Goliath tale of Uruguay’s tobacco control measures: lessons for the region and beyond
12 Tobacco, health and regulations in India: a national overview
13 Beyond tobacco: lessons on non-communicable diseases from the Inter-American Human Rights System
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