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This document on national coordination for tobacco control provides guidance to enable Member States to establish and strengthen coordination of tobacco-control efforts in their respective countries, in that tobacco control is not just a health issue but one that affects the whole government and indeed the whole society. In addition, tobacco-control activities have increased significantly in the African Region, and many more entities (government and nongovernmental) are now involved in these activities.

In the absence of good coordination, efforts of all these actors are at times not in synergy, resulting in duplication and even competition, which bring about worst-case scenarios of tobacco-control resource utilization. Thereis therefore a need to strengthen capacity for coordination at national level and to ensure that a functional and effective coordination mechanism is in place at country level.