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Gates Foundation funds to control tobacco menace
In order to have more control over rapidly growing global tobacco epidemic, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted $5 million for Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh for strengthening of their National Tobacco Control Programme. The fund was granted for Public Health Foundation of India.
The funds will be implemented in many district of […]
In order to have more control over rapidly growing global tobacco epidemic, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted $5 million for Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh for strengthening of their National Tobacco Control Programme. The fund was granted for Public Health Foundation of India.
The funds will be implemented in many district of the state. These districts include: Prakasam, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, Mahboodnagar, Karim Nagar and Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) and Kheda, Rajkot, Banaskantha, Anand and Surat (Gujarat). These funds are expected to give boost to the efforts being made towards controlling the menace of tobacco.