Illicit trade and tobacco industry interference: a serious threat to the transparency, economy, and health?

Illicit trade and tobacco industry interference: a serious threat to the transparency, economy, and health?

Interregional dialogue between the Americas and African Region

Date: 29 April 2021

Moderator: Dr. Reina Roa (Panama), Bureau of the Conference of the Parties FCTC, Vice President and Rapporteur, representing the Region of the Americas

Resource persons:

• Mrs. Laura Salgado, Global Campaign Coordinator, Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), WHO FCTC Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3
• Mr. Fernando Jacome (Ecuador) Bureau of the meeting of the Parties ITP, President, representing the Region of the Americas.
• Dr. Oumar Ba (Senegal) Bureau of the meeting of the Parties ITP, Vice-President, representing the African Region.
• Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head, Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
• Mr. Dudley Tarlton, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP
• Mrs. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO / WHO.
• Ms. Karambu E. Muthaura, Kenya Revenue Authority.
• Mr. Sisay Derso, Ethiopian Public Health Institute/EPHI
• Mr. Roberto Iglesias, Economic Consultant for ACTbr, Former consultant WHO & World Bank.
• Dr. Nydia Amador, Civil Society Representative Costa Rica.
• Dr. Eduardo Bianco, Technical Director, WHO FCTC Secretariat Knowledge Hub For International Cooperation on Tobacco Control (CCICT) / FCA Regional Coordinator for Latin America.
• Ms. Fatou Diouf, FCA Regional Coordinator for Africa
• Mr. Daniel Dorado, Director of Policy Organizing: International & Latin America, Corporate Accountability.
• Dr. Vinyo Kodzo Kumako (Togo), Bureau of the Conference of the Parties FCTC, Vice-President and Rapporteur, representing the African Region.
• Mr. Leonce Dieudonné Sessou, Executive Secretary, African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA).