Assessment of the multisectoral approach to tobacco control in South Africa and Togo

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dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-30T14:22:05Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-30T14:22:05Z
dc.date.issued 2019-03-30 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13717
dc.description.abstract Tobacco use is the world???s leading preventable cause of illness and death and the most important risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases (heart attack, stroke, congestive obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer). Tobacco control is one of the World Health Organization's 'best-buys' interventions to prevent NCDs. This study assessed the use of a multi-sectoral approach (MSA) in developing and implementing tobacco control policies in South Africa and Togo. This two-country case study consisted of a document review of tobacco control policies and of key informant interviews (N = 56) about the content, context, stakeholders, and strategies employed throughout policy formulation and implementation in South Africa and Togo. To guide our analysis, we used the Comprehensive Framework for Multi-Sectoral Approach to Health Policy, which is built around four major constructs of context, content, stakeholders and strategies. The findings show that the formulation of tobacco control policies in both countries was driven locally by the political, historical, social and economic contexts, and globally by the adoption WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). In both countries, the health department led policy formulation and implementation. The stakeholders involved in South Africa were more diverse, proactive and dynamic than those in Togo, whereas the strategies employed were more straightforward in Togo than in South Africa. The extent of understanding and use of MSA in both countries consisted of an inter-sectoral action for health, whereby the health department strove to collaborate with other sectors within and outside the government. Consequently, information sharing was identified as the main outcome of the interactions between institutions and interest groups within and across three critical sectors of the state, namely the public (government), the private and the civil society. Tobacco control policies in South Africa and Togo were formulated and implemented from an intersectoral approach perspective, which relied heavily on information transfer between stakeholders and less on collaborative problem-solving approach. Incorporation of multiple stakeholders allowed both countries to formulate policies to meet FCTC goals for tobacco control and NCD reduction. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.subject TOBACCO USE en
dc.subject TOBACCO INDUSTRY en
dc.subject TOGO en
dc.subject SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA en
dc.title Assessment of the multisectoral approach to tobacco control in South Africa and Togo en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 18(S1) en
dc.BudgetYear 2018/19 en
dc.ResearchGroup Human and Social Development en
dc.ResearchGroup Research Use and Impact Assessment en
dc.SourceTitle BMC Public Health en
dc.ArchiveNumber 10828 en
dc.PageNumber Online en
dc.outputnumber 9906 en
dc.bibliographictitle Sanni, S., Hongoro, C., Ndinda, C. & Wisdom, J.P. (2018) Assessment of the multisectoral approach to tobacco control in South Africa and Togo. BMC Public Health. 18(S1):Online. en
dc.publicationyear 2018 en
dc.contributor.author1 Sanni, S. en
dc.contributor.author2 Hongoro, C. en
dc.contributor.author3 Ndinda, C. en
dc.contributor.author4 Wisdom, J.P. en


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