Indonesia commits to raising tobacco taxes to fund health systems strained by tobacco and COVID-19
Indonesia has issued a decree containing a provision for increasing tobacco taxes to fund universal health care, health systems and health programmes.
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The Union congratulates Singapore for adopting plain packaging of tobacco products
The new measure will restrict the use of logos, colours, images or other promotional information associated with the tobacco brand on all types of tobacco products sold in Singapore.
Union article highlights how the SDG framework can act on determinants and risk factors of TB
Union-led article highlights that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals framework provides a means to act on the socio-economic determinants of tuberculosis, enabling a much-needed acceleration towards the End TB goals.