Local News
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World Health Day 2024 Magazine
August 2024: World No-Tobacco Day 2024 Magazine World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a year-long global campaign for the World No Tobacco Day 2024 (WNTD…
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Strength of youth for healthy village: provision of community based NCD services by local community health volunteers
Reading time: 2 min (641 words) In Myanmar, noncommunicable diseases are on a rising trend and recognized as a public health problem. According to 2018…
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People’s Health Foundation – Renewal of registration, 2024-2029
27 May 2024: Local News: People’s Health Foundation has been registered as a National NGO till 22 April 2029, as per Registration Number 1/Pyitwin/0064 (2022)…
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Myanmar 2023: Tobacco Industry Interference Index
10 August 2023, YANGON, People’s Health Foundation has issued a report on implementation of the WHO FCTC Article 5.3, titled “Myanmar 2023: Tobacco Industry Interference…
International News
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We need food, not tobacco – focus of World No Tobacco Day 2023
19 January 2023, PHF-Myanmar; WHO News on WNTD 2023 A global food crisis is growing fueled by conflict, climate change, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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13th APACT 2021, Bangkok, Thailand,
The Asia Pacific region has the highest number of tobacco consumption globally. With the economic and demographic growth, the region has become a crucial market…
Events
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WNTD 2024: Protecting Children from Tobacco Industry Interference
27 May 2024: The World Health Organization (WHO), has officially launched the “Stop the lies” campaign as a vital initiative to protect young people from the tobacco industry and their…
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WNTD2021 Celebration: Article and Poem Competitions, September 2021
September 23, 2021: People’s Health Foundation is happy to announce Winners of WNTD2021 Article and Poem Competitions as follows: Winners have been notified and requested to contact People’s Health Foundation,…
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More Focus on COVID-19 Prevention
More focus on COVID-19 prevention May 3, 2021; Yangon; PHF: Even though the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be on the back foot in a number of countries around the world…
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World No-Tobacco Day 2021 Celebration: Call for competition for Articles and Poems
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2021 this year will be celebrated as a year-long national campaign. People’s Health Foundation has call for submissions of articles and poems on the theme…
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Tobacco and Youth: Manipulation of Tobacco Industries
30 December 2020, Yangon, PHF: Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use For decades, the tobacco industry has deliberately employed strategic, aggressive and well-resourced…
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‘Let’s Beat COVID Together’ Public media campaign, October, 2020
31 October 2020, Yangon: PHF has launched again “Let’s beat COVID together” public media campaign for second wave of COVID-19 Outbreak in Myanmar.
Awards
Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) has given, on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of SEATCA, the “Champion of SEATCA Award”, to the People’s Health Foundation (PHF), Myanmar and Dr U Than Sein (President of PHF) for outstanding contribution to SEATCA, as a catalyst for change in the fight to end the Tobacco Pandemic, on 2 December 2021.
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