Status of implementation of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Ghana: a qualitative study
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- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 10 (1) , 1
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-1
Abstract
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), a World Health Organization treaty, has now been ratified by over 165 countries. However there are concerns that implementing the Articles of the treaty may prove difficult, particularly in the developing world. In this study we have used qualitative methods to explore the extent to which the FCTC has been implemented in Ghana, a developing country that was 39th to ratify the FCTC, and identify barriers to effective FCTC implementation in low income countries.Keywords
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