The role of law and data in implementing the NCD best buys: Case studies from the African region

Many of the ‘Best Buys’ to address the 4 key risk factors for NCDs require legal/regulatory interventions.

This session intends to use case studies from Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda to show how laws are being adopted to implement the best buys for tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food. The case studies are drawn from the experiences of the alumni of the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer Legal Training Program.

It will also showcase how having easy to access, user friendly data from 6 tobacco control dashboards developed by the Tobacco Control Data Initiative (TCDI) for Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and South Africa are facilitating advocacy and decision-making by policy makers and other NCD stakeholders to adopt and implement the best buys. 

The session will also explore how to involve people with lived experience of NCDs in advocacy for implementation of the NCD best buys.