The Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control

Civil society working toward a world free from the devastating health, social, economic and environmental consequences of tobacco and tobacco use

FCA gains a new AFRO regional coordinator

Details: June 16, 2010

If all African countries are to kick the tobacco epidemic they must ratify and implement the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), says Dr Patrick Musavuli – the Framework Convention Alliance’s (FCA) newly appointed regional coordinator (RC) for the WHO Africa Region (AFRO).

As of June 1 Patrick began his new FCA appointment and is already immersed in his job, which involves coordinating FCA's campaign activities in the African region, and playing an integral role in the African Tobacco Control Consortium (ATCC).