31 JANUARY 2017

Roundtable discussion on the "Strengthening of the Azerbaijani legislation on Tobacco Control" project was held for media representaties (PHOTO)

On 30 January 2017, the Public Health and Reforms Center (PHRC) Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan organized another event within the "Strengthening the Azerbaijani legislation on Tobacco Control" project.

This time, the aim of the event was the Technical Advisory Group established to coordinate activities on strengthening the existing tobacco control legislation, together with journalists pass to the local society the correct information about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption.

On behalf of PHRC management, Rahib Mammadov, the Deputy Director of PHRC welcomed the participants of meeting and highlighted the importance of media in advocacy of strengthening the legislation on tobacco control.

At the event, the Head of Population Health Department of PHRC, Tofig Musayev provided information about the goals and objectives of the "Strengthening the Azerbaijani legislation on Tobacco Control" project. The Deputy Head of the Health Policy and Reforms Department of PHRC Nabil Seyidov focused his presentation on the burden of noncommunicable diseases as the leading causes of disability, mortality and morbidity in Azerbaijan and in the world.

The meeting participants exchanged views and discussed the pertinent issues. All event participants expressed their readiness to work together to achieve the outlined objectives.

You can see the photos from the event here. 

The full text of the news is available in Azerbaijani language.