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World No-Tobacco Day in LAC: RIACT Launched
By Keith R | May 31, 2007
Topics: Health Issues, Tobacco Control | 1 Comment »
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Brazil’s Health Minister, José Gomes Temporão, today announced the launch of the Ibero-American Tobacco Control Network (RIACT – Rede Ibero-Americana de Controle do Tabagismo in Portuguese, Red Ibero-Americana de Control del Tabaquismo in Spanish) to bring together the tobacco control authorities of (Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking) Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with those of Spain and Portugal to cooperate, coordinate and collaborate in the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
The idea for RIACT was born during the seventh meeting of Ibero-American Health Ministers held in Granada, Spain. Brazil, through its Health Ministry and National Cancer Institute (INCA), agreed to chair and coordinate the Network.
Among other things, the Network plans a series of virtual meetings, discussion fora on particular tobacco control issues, and an exchange of news, experiences, materials and “lessons learned.”
Announcement of RIACT’s Launch by Temporão
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August 5th, 2008 at 16:46
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