[Webinar] Tobacco endgame is imperative for sustainable development
Channel: CNS
Date: 2017-05-19

Be welcome to watch this important 2017 World No Tobacco Day Webinar recording. The webinar was dedicated to celebrate the enormous contribution to tobacco control made by two committed leaders who are no longer amidst us, but their work continues to serve as a guiding light.

* Ms Amteshwar Kaur, senior lawyer, tobacco control advocate, three-times Councillor in Punjab, and founder of Generation Saviour Association (GSA), and

* Yul Francisco Dorado – who was the Latin America Director of Corporate Accountability International and a leader with Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT) from Colombia. Yul’s incredible body of work in challenging Big Tobacco and other development justice initiatives, lives on. Daniel Dorado, his loving son and lawyer in his own right, who is one of those keeping the legacy alive – vibrant and fierce – and striving hard for a better world. Daniel shared his expressions in this webinar.

PANEL OF EXPERTS:

* Michelle Syonne Reyes Palmones, Technical Advisor (Philippines), International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)

* Professor (Dr) Rama Kant, WHO Director General's WNTD Awardee 2005; 2012 President of Association of Surgeons of India; former Vice President SAARC Surgeons; and founder-President of Vote For Health (formerly Indian Society Against Smoking)

* Cloe Franko, Senior International Organizer, Challenge Big Tobacco, Corporate Accountability International; and Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT) leadership

* Dr Sanghamitra Pati, Director, Regional Medical Resource Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

* Rahul Dwivedi, Director, Vote For Health campaign, Asha Parivar

MODERATORS

* Ashok Ramsarup, International award-winning former Senior Programme Producer, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), South Africa

* Shobha Shukla, Managing Editor, CNS (Citizen News Service)

Thanks

CNS Webinars Team
Email: webinar@citizen-news.org
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