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Resource Centre For Tobacco Free India

Voluntary Health Association of India
B-40, Qutab Institutional Area,
New Delhi - 110 016
Phone - 011-26518071-72,
  011-41688152-53
E-mail - info@rctfi.org
 
Updates

 

Recent Publication - "Health for the Millions" Special Issue

The articles in the special issue cover a range of topics by well-known contributors. These are of current concern for experts, organizations as well as activists working on public health and tobacco control.

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VHAI launches a comprehensive guidebook for NGOs on Tobacco Control:

CIVIL SOCIETY ACTION FOR TOBACCO CONTROL
VHAI is coordinated Media Seminars on the theme of smoke free in 5 states of India.

STATE

DATE

JAIPUR(Rajasthan)
Rajasthan Voluntary Health Association

20th September 2008

KOLKATA( West Bengal )
Cancer Foundation Of India

24th September 2008

TRIVANDRUM (Kerala)
Kerala Voluntary Health Service

23th September 2008

BANGALORE (Karnataka)
Voluntary Health Association of Karnataka

25th September 2008

CHENNAI(Tamil Nadu)
Tamil Nadu Voluntary Health Association

25th September 2008


   
World No Tobacco Day Press Coverage

ANDHRA PRADESH VOLUNTARY HELATH ASSOCIATION ARUNACHAL VOLUNTARY HEALTH ASSOCIATION
APARAJITA AND OVHA KERLA VOLUNTARY HEALTH SERVICES
MADHYA PRADESH VOLUNTARY HEALTH ASSOCIATION RAJASTHAN VOLUNTARY HEALTH ASSOCIATION
WEST BENGAL VOLUNTARY HEALTH ASSOCIATION  


 
14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Mumbai
VHAI Participation at 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Mumbai, 8 - 12 March, 2009.

The World Conference on Tobacco or Health is being held in a developing country after 12 years and it was great that the world's largest tobacco control event came to the world's largest democratic country like India which is one of the incredible nation working for the widest spectrum of tobacco control issues.
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Issued in Public Interest by VHAI
   

Voluntary Health Association of India organized media seminars in three bidi rolling states of India namely West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. The seminars were of a unique nature because the media persons had an opportunity visit the field areas in the bidi rolling pockets of the country.

These seminars gave an opportunity and exposure to the  journalists helping them get sensitized on an issue which is so important vis a vis public health of their respective states yet completely neglected by the policy makers and the media.

WEST BENGAL
Date: 28th April 2008
Location: .Kolkata

ANDHRA PRADESH
Date: 29th April 2008
Location: Hyderabad.

MADHYA PRADESH
Date –30th April, 2008
Location: Bhopal

KARNATAKA 
Date: 10th June 2008
Location: Bangalore

To view the highlights of seminar click here