The World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted Namibia's efforts to strengthen public health responses, focusing on the country's intensified fight against a malaria surge and its continued leadership in tobacco control across Africa.
The Africa Regional Tobacco Control Partners Coordination Meeting is underway in Windhoek.
The main aim of the three-day meeting is to strengthen coordination of tobacco control efforts across Africa and to align strategies to reduce tobacco use and its health impacts.
The World Health Organisation has issued a strong call for governments worldwide to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, pouches, and hookah pipes.
