29 SEPTEMBER 2016

A meeting on strengthening the existing legislation on tobacco control was held in PHRC

On September 29, 2016 in the Public Health and Reforms Centre (PHRC) of the Ministry of Health the meeting participants discussed the newly proposed amendments aimed at strengthening the existing legislative acts on tobacco control.

On behalf of PHRC management, Tofig Musayev, the Head of Population Health Department welcomed the participants of meeting and highlighted the important steps to be taken to strengthen the legislation on tobacco control.

The Deputy Head of the Health Policy and Reforms Department of PHRC Nabil Seyidov in his speech focused on the burden of noncommunicable diseases as the leading causes of disability, mortality and morbidity.

The meeting participants exchanged views and discussed the pertinent issues.

All event participants supported the suggested amendments to strengthen tobacco control legislation in the country and expressed their readiness to work together to achieve  the outlined objectives.

At the end of the meeting a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) was established to coordinate and direct the scope of activities in developing new proposals in the area of strengthening the existing tobacco control legislation. 

The full text is available in the Azerbaijani language.