Federal Tobacco Control Strategy - International Component
Background
The WHO estimates that currently about 4 million deaths per year are
attributed to tobacco related diseases, and the figure is expected to
rise to 10 million by 2030 if current trends continue. Tobacco will be
the leading cause of disease burden by the 2020s, resulting in 1 in 8
deaths, a proportion greater than any other single disease. The World
Bank estimates a global net loss of US $200 billion per year attributable
to health costs and loss of productivity.
Federal Tobacco Control Strategy
As part of the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy, Health Canada supports
and promotes international activities in the area of tobacco control.
Objectives
Health Canada has been a leading supporter of global tobacco control
initiatives. Canadian priorities are:
- to build capacity within international organizations to assist in
national capacity building in countries of need;
- to strengthen research and networks in the South that support policy
and program development; and
- to support the
implementation
of the Framework Convention
on Tobacco Control.
We do this by:
- undertaking bilateral and international activities with countries
and organizations on tobacco control;
- representing Health Canada's interests in multi-lateral fora, including
the Conference of Parties to
the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; and
- providing grants to international organizations working in the area
of tobacco control under Health Canada's International Health Grants
Programme.
To date, our international tobacco control funding efforts have been
directed at supporting and strengthening the work of the World Health
Organization (WHO), including the development
and implementation
of the Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
and its tobacco control activities, and the International Development
Research Centre (IDRC) for research on tobacco control in developing countries.
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