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Episode 2 – Framework Convention for Tobacco Control: A National Perspective from Sri Lanka
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This episode of the Global Health Histories Podcast features a conversation between Sanjoy Bhattacharya (Head of the School of History and Professor of Medical and Global Heath Histories at the University of Leeds) and Dr. Suranga Dolamulla, focusing on the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) and how it is being implemented in Sri Lanka. Dr. Dolamulla, Director of Laboratory Services and the Medical Research Institute at the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka, discusses the country's efforts and challenges in reducing tobacco use. The podcast highlights Sri Lanka's proactive stance in tobacco control and its significant contributions to global health initiatives.
Additional links
Centre for Global Health Histories
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/research-groups/1880/centre-for-global-health-histories
Centre for combating tobacco - Tobacco Observatory of Sri Lanka and the Region
https://cct.lk/tobacco-cultivation-in-sri-lanka-past-present-futere/
The Internationalisation of Tobacco Control, 1950-2010 by David Reubi & Virginia Berridge (Cambridge University Press)
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