The Oh Uganda Tobacco Communication Hackathon (OUTCH)
The Tobacco Hazard Communications Hackathon which started on Saturday 7th September and ended on 8th September saw a lot of hackers and brilliant minds gather at the Design Hub Kampala to find solutions for tobacco control communications in Uganda. Why a Tobacco Control Communications Hackathon? …
THE TOBACCO CONTROL JOURNALIST MEETUP AND CAFÉ
So as to engage Journalists of both traditional and social media, so as to talk about better ways of communicating the Tobacco control law, UHCA hosted a Journalists Café on 3rd September 2019, at Minister’s Village. Online Influencers and Journalists from different Media Houses graced …
Sukuma Taaba Out Dance in Kisenyi
On Sunday, 25th August, we took the message of Tobacco to the ghettos of Kisenyi. In a bid to sensitize the masses on the existing Tobacco Control Law and also the dangers of tobacco use, we went to the ghettos of Kisenyi. Youths, Children, Parents …
Women and Tobacco Related Diseases, a Comic Story – Part 2
The comic strips continue with Daphne Bisoboka setting up an appointment with the Doctor so as to get medical results on her health condition. Incase you missed part 1, you can find it here. …
The smoke FREE public place awards | Success Story
The Tobacco Control Acts stipulates that smoking in public places and 50 meters of it is prohibited. The aim of the Smoke FREE public place awards was to recognize those places which have complied with this regulation in the Tobacco Control Act. How the Smoke …
Why smoking is a woman’s worst enemy
The growing trend of women smoking is a concern to health experts. Charles Baguma, a coordinator at Uganda Health Communication Alliance, says according to a Global Youth Tobacco Survey done five years ago by the Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa, young females have overtaken …
Government should ratify protocol to end trade in tobacco products
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) bust a Shs3b cigarette smuggling racket following a tip off from their intelligence officers. The tax body on April 8, 2018 intercepted a brand new Toyota Premio at Kalerwe, a Kampala suburb on Gayaza Road and this would later lead them …
18 Arrested for Selling Shisha in Kampala Operation
The Uganda Police has arrested eighteen people suspected of involvement in the sale of Shisha in various Entertainment hangouts in the Capital, Kampala. Shisha smoking, also called hookah, narghile, water pipe or hubble bubble smoking, is a way of tobacco smoking, sometimes mixed with fruit …
The Death Trap Products.
[Photo Source: Canadian Cancer Society] I enjoy having a meal in a Kafunda, well, for the most obvious reason, the food is cheap, secondly, Kafunda restaurants have the best cooked local foods but above all, I love them for the random conversations people have openly. …
Shisha Free Mbarara : A Success Story of Tobacco Control
About 36 people die every day from tobacco related diseases in Uganda. This translates into three commuter taxis full of people perishing as a result of a single substance. Mbarara, Western Uganda’s biggest town is amongst the fastest growing areas in Uganda. As any urban …