Tobacco Control
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The Tobacco Control team works to help to reduce the burden of disease, death, and economic consequences caused by tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke in the Americas Region.  Tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death in the world today. As tobacco use continues to rise in many parts of the world, it becomes increasingly more important that governments working jointly with civil society implement the mandates of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to protect their citizens from tobacco and educate them about the dangers associated with its use.

 

World No Tobacco Day - May 31 2009

Tobacco Facts

  • Tobacco kills 5 million people every year, including 1 million in the Americas
  • Tobacco is the only legal consumer product that kills when used exactly as intended by the manufacturer
  • Half of all long-term smokers will die from a tobacco-caused disease
  • Tobacco costs the global economy US$200 billion every year

Tobacco Control Focal Points in the Americas

 

Caribbean Program Coordination (CPC)

Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi

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Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC)

Dr. Shirley Alleyne

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Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Dominica

Grenada

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

 

Argentina
Dr. Marcia Moreira
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Bahamas
Dr. Merle Lewis (PWR)
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Belize
Ms. Lorraine Thompson
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Bolivia
Dra. Dora Caballero
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Brazil
Dr. Enrique Gil
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Chile
Dra. Tomo Kanda
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Colombia
Dr. Teofilo Monteiro
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Costa Rica
Dr. Roberto del Aguila
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Cuba
Dr. Daniel Purcallas
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Dominican Republic
Ing. Ana Quan
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Ecuador
Ing. Alexander von Hildebrand
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El Salvador
Lic. Amalia Ayala
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Guatemala
Lic. Maggie Fischer
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Guyana
Ms. Renee Franklin-Peroune
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Haiti

Honduras
Ing. Ana Treasure
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Jamaica
Dr. Jean Marie Rwangabwoba
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Mexico
Dr. Gerry Eijkemans
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Nicaragua
Ing. Miguel Balladares
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Panama
Dr. Victor Aparicio,
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Paraguay
Dr. Enrique Vázquez
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Peru
Dr. Edgar Ramirez
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Suriname
Ms. Johanna Lakhisaran
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Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. Yitades Gebre
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Uruguay
Julio Vignolo
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Venezuela
Lic. Natasha Herrera
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Last Updated 10/13/09

 

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Americas

 Epidemiological week 44 (November 1-7)

35 of 35 countries with confirmed cases
27 countries with deaths among the confirmed cases.


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