[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] VISA in collaboration with Ministry of Health and Quality of Life and Mauritius Institute of Health ——————- 2-Day Training of Trainers Workshop on Prevention of Tobacco Use Date: 22-23 July 2015 Venue: Gold Crest Hotel, QuatreBornes Programme Day 1 (22 July): 8.30-9.00: Registration of participants 9.00-9.30: Official ceremony 9.30-10.00: Tea break 10.00-10.40: […]
Letter of protest against importation of “Roll Your Own Cigarettes” to Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection (2015)
Mail sent to the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection On 25 June 2015, VISA sent a mail to the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection in connection with a communique dated 10 June 2015 issued by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection (Commerce Division) and published in the newspaper […]
Celebration of World No Tobacco Day 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]VISA, in collaboration with theMinistry of Health and Quality of Life and the Mauritius Institute of Health, organized a workshop on “TOBACCO ENDGAME STRATEGY FOR MAURITIUS” at Domaine les Pailles on 29 May, 2015, for participants from various sectors. Click here to read more on the activity[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Mail to Minister of Health
Impasse de Rosnay, 4, La Croix Street, Forest Side, Curepipe. 24 April 2015. The Honourable Minister of Health and Quality of Life, Emmanuel Anquetil Building Port Louis. Honourable Minister, I am writing to you in my capacity as the President of VISA, a registered non-governmental organization established in 2001 and engaged in tobacco control.VISA works […]
Meeting with Minister of Health (2015) to discuss policy and implementation issues (2015)
Meeting with Minister of Health (2015) to discuss policy and implementation issues (2015) In April 2015, VISA sent a mail to the Minister of Health and Quality of Life, Mr Anil Gayan, to expose some policy issues on tobacco control which required urgent attention. The issues were: Delay in the introduction of a new set […]
Training of Trainers Workshops on Tobacco Use Prevention (2015)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Two training of trainers workshops were held at the Gold Crest Hotel on 22-23 July and 5-6 August, 2015,for 50 participants from NGOs and the public sector, the aim being to empower participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to carry out informational and educational activities against tobacco use in the community. Click here to […]
Dissemination Workshop in collaboration with Mauritius Institute of Health (2014)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 16 January 2014, VISA collaborated with the Mauritius Institute of Health in the organization of a half–day dissemination workshop on a report entitled “Self-Reported Price of Cigarettes, Consumption and Compensatory Behaviours in a Cohort of Mauritian Smokers Before and After a Tax Increase”. Click here to see the programme of workshop Click here to […]
Celebration of World No Tobacco Day 2014/ Regional projects with Ministry of Youth and Sports (2014)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the context of World No Tobacco Day 2014, a Training of Trainers workshop was was held on 4 and 5 June 2014 at Domaine Les Pailles for 25 officers of the youth cadre of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Participants identified a number of community-based youth-oriented projects aimed at sensitizing young people on […]
Protest against tobacco advertising in the duty-free shop at SSR International Airport, Mauritius (2014)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2014, VISA wrote a letter to the management of the Mauritius Duty Free Paradise protesting against the advertisements carried out by the tobacco companies of Winston and Camel brands in the duty-free shop at the departure terminal of SSR International Airport in Mauritius. Highly visible, eye-catching, strategically located, professionally-designed, colourful and lighted glass frames […]
Training of Trainers Workshops for Ministry of Youth and Sports (2014)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A 2-day Training of Trainers workshop was held at Domaine Les Pailles for the youth cadre of the Ministry of Youth and Sports on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day 2014. Twenty-five officers were trained on different aspects of tobacco control, following which nine community-based projects were developed and implemented by the Ministry of […]
