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Armenia
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Bangladesh
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Bhutan
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Brazil
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Burkina Faso
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Cambodia
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China
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Fiji
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Gambia
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India
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Indonesia
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Jordan
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Moldova
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Myanmar
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Pakistan
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Philippines
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Russia
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Sri Lanka
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Sudan
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Turkey
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Uganda
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Ukraine
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Uruguay
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USA
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Vietnam
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NOTE: The bio sketches contained in this document were compiled
based on bio sketches submitted by the
Leadership Program participants. This document is not intended
for distribution beyond the 2014 Johns Hopkins
Global Tobacco Control Leadership Program.
Participant Bios Armenia
Rafayel Zakaryan; [email protected]
I am Rafayel Zakaryan. I was born in 1986. In 2008 I have
graduated from the Armenia State University of
Economics faculty of Macroeconomics. I am working at Ministry of
Finance of Armenia, State Revenue Policy
and Administration Methodology Department: Tax policy Division
as Leading Specialist. My responsibilities are
elaboration of fiscal policy and analyzing of its influence on
the macroeconomic indicators, analyzing the state
budget revenues and estimating the impacts of tax reforms on
budget revenues, participation on medium term
and long term budgeting processes, and analyzing of
international taxation and methods of its regulations.
Participant Bios Bangladesh
Md. Azim-Ul-Ahsan; [email protected]
I have joined the Bangladesh Civil Service (Police) Cadre in
2008. I served as an Assistant Superintendent of
Police (ASP) in a Southern district of Bangladesh and also
worked as an Instructor at Bangladesh Police
Academy. I served as Police Liaison Officer at Bangabhaban, the
official residence and office of the President of
Bangladesh.
Now I am working as a Senior ASP at Narayanganj district. It is
my responsibility to ensure enforcement of
different laws in Bangladesh including Tobacco Control Law. Now
Im trying to sensitize the police force for
enforcing the law through community policing and also by mobile
courts.
Sayyida Akhter; [email protected]
Coordinator of UBINIG (Policy Research for Development
Alternative), a policy and action research organization
in Bangladesh engaged in research, campaign and advocacy and
action programmes in the field of social
development. Since 1990, has been actively involved in the
national level womens movement and is an active
member of various international networks. Coordinator of
Anti-Tobacco Womens Alliance (TABINAJ) and
Women and Biodiversity network active in over 48 districts.
Coordinator of Community based biodiversity
management activity in 7 districts. Carried out research on
health, environment, agriculture, social and women
rights issues.
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Mahmuda Akther; [email protected]
After completion of my masters degree from University of Dhaka,
I have joined the Bangladesh Civil Service
(Administration) Cadre in 1988. Presently working as a joint
secretary Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. In
my last 25 years of govt. service, I have served in different
discipline of govt. sectors.
At the beginning as a member of Bangladesh Civil Service
administration cadre. I have worked at sub-district
and district level administrative units as an Assistant
Commissioner and Magistrate. I have also worked in
different Ministries and Divisions in different capacities .
I have attended training program/workshop/seminar in different
countries and have visited Sweden,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam,
China and South Africa.
Md. Firoz Shah Alam; [email protected]
As Member (VAT) and Chief Coordinator of the Tobacco Tax Cell
(TTC) of NBR, I have been monitoring VAT
collection on domestically produced goods and rendered services,
special emphasis on Smoking and
Smokeless Tobacco Products (SSTP); coordinating activities like
collection, compilation and analysis of
production, supply, VAT collection etc. information of SSTP and
using the same in preparing simulations for
fixing taxable values and tax rates of SSTP as well as in
formulating an effective Tobacco Tax Policy for
Bangladesh.
Participation in the Tobacco Control Leadership Program will be
immensely helpful for me to discharge my
official responsibilities more efficiently.
Mohammad Al-Amin; [email protected]
Mohammed Al-Amin, completed BSc & MSc and LLB, born in 1975.
I joined Bangladesh Civil Service
(Administration) in 2005. Currently working as Law Officer and
Magistrate of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) -4
Forces, Dhaka.
I am proud of being a non-smoker. I have been playing a vital
role for eight years in anti-smoking and tobacco
control. I was Chairperson of smoking & tobacco control task
force in Dohar, Dhaka. I convicted more than
hundreds of offender and removed many display boards of
cigarette under the Smoking & Tobacco Products
Usage (Control) Act-2005. I participated many anti-smoking
seminars & workshops.
Md. Abul Kalam Azad; [email protected]
Currently, I am working at The Daily Star, the leading English
language daily in Bangladesh, as a senior reporter.
I started career after completion of Bachelor of Arts in Mass
Communications and Journalism at the University
of Dhaka.
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As a campus reporter I wrote on campus violence, how it hampered
academic atmosphere and sorry state of
research. After becoming a full-time reporter, I started
covering national politics, environmental issues and
natural disasters.
Nowadays I write more on civil bureaucracy and government
policies. I also write stories regularly to control
growing tobacco production and sale of tobacco products in
Bangladesh.
Md. Masum Billah Chowdhury; [email protected]
After completion of my honors and master degree from the
department of Political studies & Public
administration of Shahjalal University of Science &
Technology, Sylhet, I was starting my professional career
through a banking sector and finally I joined in NGO sector.
Recently I have completed a degree on law (2 years LLB). I have
also done IELTS language courses in 2007.
From very earlier of my student life, I engaged with cultural
organization for my own interest. Now I am
working with SHIMANTIK (A National Non-government Organization)
for tobacco control program as my job
satisfaction.
Md. Motaherul Haque; [email protected]
Md. Motaherul Haque has long experience in behavior change
communication (BCC) strategic planning, BCC
program conceptualization, designing and implementation. He has
expertise in making liaison with high level
officials and other stakeholders, including partnership
building, that promotes program interventions. Also has
expertise in dealing with corporate affairs, including
organizational management. Has a track record of playing
role in the IEC Technical Committee of the Health Ministry that
facilitates clearance of BCC messages and
materials. Has been playing active role in implementing tobacco
control initiatives in Bangladesh including
creating advocates among the high level policymakers, program
managers and influential personalities.
Md. Nazrul Haque; [email protected]
Dr. Nazrul Haque, a life-time non-smoker, is a Public Health
Expertt (MPH) with specialty in Health
Communication & Promotion. Dr. Nazrul is currently working
as the Team Leader of Bangladesh Tobacco
Control Program of JHBSPH-BCCP. He is also the General Secretary
of Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research
Network. He worked for IGTC as the Focal Person in Tobacco
Packaging Surveillance System in Bangladesh. Dr.
Nazrul attended the Certificate in Tobacco Control course
offered by JHBSPH in 2011. He also volunteered to
World Lung Foundation in Bangladesh in launching three
anti-smoking mass-media multi-channel hard-hitting
campaign and conducting a post campaign evaluation.
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Md. Mostafa Kamal; [email protected]
As a member of Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) cadre I
have to serve in different discipline of
government sectors since the joining in the service. At the very
beginning of my service career I had to serve as
Magistrate, Assistant Commissioner (Land), Upazila Nirbahi
Officer, Additional Deputy Commissioner in District
and Upazila level for quite a good period which led to gather
knowledge on different social problems in socio-
economic aspects of the common people.
I attended the Intercountry Consultation on Tobacco and Trade
WHO/SEARO 3-4 October, 2012. That
consultation meeting has enriched my knowledge on better
management of human resource in health related
issue.
This program will help me a lot to be skilled in discharging my
duties related to Tobacco Control Program.
Mohammad Mohiuddin; [email protected]
Dr. Mohammad Mohiuddin is a government officer and holds a
position as a Deputy Secretary in the
Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division, Ministry of Law,
Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of
Bangladesh since 2009. He also delivering lectures in different
Private Universities and Law Colleges on part
time basis.
He actively took part in drafting the Tobacco Control
Legislation (Principal and Sub-ordinate). He worked as
legal expert in the Working Committee to Draft Tobacco Control
Rules under Tobacco Control Law constituted
under the Ministry of Health. He also participated various
Workshops on Tobacco Control.
Md. Abdul Moktader; [email protected]
Md. Abdul Moktader comes from a respectable family in 1970. He
was born and bred in Bangladesh. He did his
B.A. (Hons) M.A. in Public Administration from Dhaka
University.
After completing his study, he joined in Bangladesh Civil
Service as Assistant Commissioner in 2001. He served
in various capacities. He was Magistrate, Sub-District Executive
Officer in various districts in Bangladesh. He
worked as Senior Assistant Secretary, and Private Secretary to
the Minister of Disaster Management and Relief.
Now he has been working as Senior Assistant Secretary and
Private Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Government of Bangladesh.
Gaous Pearee; [email protected]
Mrs. Gaous Pearee is working with Work for a Better Bangladesh
(WBB) Trust from July 2000. She is currently
holding position Director (Admin & Finance) from January
2012. Previously she worked as Manager (September
2006-December 2011) and Officer (July 2000-August 2006) for
Admin and Finance.
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She provided technical & managerial support to program team
for organizing events, workshop & research,
especially tobacco control team.
She completed Masters on Political Science under National
University and attended Diploma of Youth
Development (DYD) courses under Bangladesh Open University. She
also attended numerous workshop and
trainings on tobacco control as participant, organizer and
facilitator.
Eva Naznin; [email protected]
I am a health economist by trained and have six years of
experience in health economics and public health
area. I did my first degree in Economics followed by masters in
Health Economics. My area of expertise includes
program implementing, monitoring and evaluation and human
resource assessment. Currently, I am working in
Campaign For Tobacco Free Kids as a Program Manager. Here I am
involved in maintaining liaison with the
grantees on a regular basis and providing them with technical
support. I have the experience of working as a
consultant in various international organization like WHO,
ICDDR,B and RTM.
Sharmeen Rahman; [email protected]
I am Sharmeen Rahman, aged 28 years. I am a B.S.S (Hons) and
M.S.S in Economics. At Present I am working
with Dhaka Ahsania Mission as Program Officer with its Tobacco
Control project support by Campaign for
Tobacco Free Kids. As a tobacco control activist I have gathered
experience on organize advocacy meetings,
seminars, workshops etc with different stakeholders. Before this
I was a senior teacher of an English medium
school named Magnolia International School in Dhaka. Beside my
professional carrier I am cultural organizer as
well. I am the Organizing Secretary of Bangladesh Children
Theatre Federation.
Md. Abdur Rashid; [email protected]
Now I am working in Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College as Vice
Principal and Professor of Physical Medical
since February 2009. Before that I worked as Associate Professor
and Assistant Professor and Medical Officer in
different Medical Institute of Bangladesh. I am engaged in
various social and professional organizations like
Bangladesh Medical Association, Association of Physician of
Bangladesh, Bangladesh Association of Physical
Medical Medicine & Rehabilitation and United Forum against
Tobacco etc. I was a Rotaractor for 12 years. I
visited & joint many National & International Scientific
Seminar and Conference in home & abroad like- India,
Pakistan , Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Egypt, Jordan, China,
Nepal etc.
Satya Brata Saha; [email protected]
Mr. Satya Brata Saha comes of a respectable family in 1962. He
was born and brought up in Bangladesh. He
was graduated from the University of Dhaka and then did his
Masters from The World University of
Bangaldesh.
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After completing his study he joined the Bangladesh Civil
Service as Assistant Commissioner in 1988. He served
in various capacities such as Magistrate 1st class, Assistant
commissioner, Upazila Nirbahi Officer in field
service. During his field service he participated in many
campaign against tobacco use in Bangladesh. He also
worked as Senior Assistant Secretary, Deputy Secretary in
Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance. He
worked as Director BCS Academy while he imparted training to the
officers of civil service regarding tobacco
control policy and issues in Bangladesh. He performed the duty
as the private secretary to the Minister,
Ministry of Land while he played significant role in formulating
policies that discouraged to allocate land to the
tobacco producers in Bangladesh. Presently he is working as
joint secretary and National Project Director of a
project of Ministry of Land.
Kazi Mustafa Sarwar; [email protected]
Dr. Kazi Mustafa Sarwar joined Bangladesh Civil Service in 1988.
He is a Medical graduate with vast experience
in dealing with TB and various tobacco related chest diseases.
He passed MBBS in 1983 and received post
graduate diploma on tubercular and chest diseases (DTCD) from
Dhaka university in 1986. He worked in district
chest clinic as junior consultant and dealt with tobacco related
chest diseases and tuberculosis. He was
Assistant Professor of National institute of the diseases of the
chest & hospital (NIDCH), Dhaka, where he
managed numerous tobacco related COPD patients and delivered
lectures on the topic of health hazard of
smoking to the students. He joined as Deputy Secretary in the
Ministry of health & family welfare in 2009. Now,
he has been working as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health
& family welfare and responsible for hospital
management activities as well as formulating health policy.
Shahnaz Sharmeen; [email protected]
My name is Shahnaz Sharmeen. I am working as Senior Reporter in
ABC Radio, one of the leading FM Radios in
Bangladesh since June 2008. I have completed my Master Degree in
Social Welfare from the Department of
Social Welfare, University of Dhaka. I have attended one year
Salma Sobhan Fellowship for Women in
Journalism. I am an active member of Anti Tobacco Media
Alliance, (ATMA) in Bangladesh. I have been
awarded for my reporting in Anti Tobacco and Anti Drug issues
several times. I am fluent in English both in
writing and speaking.
Arif Sikder; [email protected]
Arif Sikder is the Executive Director of EC Bangladesh. He
offers more than a decade of accomplishment laden
experience as a Development and Behavior Change Specialist in
the field of rural development, tobacco control
and HIV/AIDS program. He has managed large-scale of development
initiatives, focusing on poverty alleviation,
advocacy campaign for TAPS Ban in the field of Tobacco control
with Bloomberg Philanthropies as well as
CTFK; ensure quality education for children with Room to Read,
USA and Community Radio for social
transformation with Embassy of Japan etc. Arif Sikder completed
Master of Business Administration (MBA) from
Darul Ihsan University, Bangladesh.
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Participant Bios Bhutan
Tshering Gyeltshen; [email protected]
I am Tshering Gyeltshen currently working as Communication
Officer in Health Promotion Division. I completed
my Masters degree in the field of communications. I have been
working in the Ministry of Health for the last
ten years in various capacities in health communication planning
and implementing at national and community
level with an additional expert in training on Interpersonal
Communication to Community Health workers
across the country. Besides I handled number of projects funded
by UNFPA, world Bank, Global Fund and
World Health Organization over the years. I speak and write in
English.
Participant Bios Brazil
Ana Paula Teixeira; [email protected]
I started my experience in public health in 2009, as public
servant of the ministry of health. Primarily working in
the strategic planning area and currently in the Executive
Secretary of the National Commission for
Implementation of the Framework Convention for Tobacco
Control.
In planning area, I started the controls for cost management
implementation, developing reports for internal
controls and for the managers, budget built, and management of
public health projects.
In Executive Secretary of the National Commission for
Implementation of the Framework Convention for
Tobacco Control Im developing capacity on tobacco control
policy.
Participant Bios Burkina Faso
Habasso Traore; [email protected]
No bio available.
Participant Bios Cambodia
Sin Sovann; [email protected]
Dr. Sin Sovann is a public health expert, which I have extensive
experiences drawn, over 16 years, in program
coordination, management, advocacy, policy and strategic plan
development training, health behaviour change
communications, proposal writing, social marketing, community
participation, and social mobilization, social
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health research and quality control through monitoring,
supervision and evaluation of the Health
Promotion/Behaviour Change Communication activities in
Cambodia.
He has held influential position in several communication
programs of the National Center for Health
Promotion, and of consultancy programs of various NGOs, and work
in partnership with many government
departments, UNICEF, WHO, GIZ, EC, and NGOs.
Participants Bios China
Ning Ji; [email protected]
Dr. Ji Ning is a research assistant from the Department of NCD
Intergrated Prevention and Control, National
Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and
Prevention (hereafter abbreviated as NCNCD)
of China CDC. She is mainly engaged in research on reproductive
health and tobacco control. Under the
leadership of China CDC, NCNCD serves as a national professional
institution and also as a national technical
instruction center for NCD and injury prevention and
control.
Deliang Lyu; [email protected]
Deliang Lyu has worked as a public health physician in Shenzhen
Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen,
Gangdong Province, China since August 2009. He has been mainly
involved in the project of Promoting a
Smokefree Environment in Shenzhen since August 2011. He was
mainly involved in the prevention and control
of tuberculosis between August 2009 and August 2011. He received
his Masters Degree of Epidemiology and
Health Statistics from Peking University, Beijing, China in
2009. He received a Bachelors Degree of Preventive
medicine from Hebei United University, Tangshan, Hebei Province,
China in 2006 .
Ling Ma; [email protected]
Aiming to improve professional journalism in China, I worked
with my team to provide advanced training
programs for Chinese reporters in diversified areas, including
reporting on finance, sustainable development,
public health (tobacco-control & transmitted disease), and
etc. We Launched 20 scholarship /trainings
/workshops to, trained over 400 editors and reporters (including
over 80 chief editors and above) from nearly
100 media outlets across 20 provinces of China. Professional
journalism is nourished and grows clearer among
our trainees through all the sessions. Regular contact with the
alumnus via newsletter, online community and
events also contributed to long term connection.
Zhao Na; [email protected]
My name is Zhao Na. I graduated from college of public health,
Zhengzhou University on June 2009 and
obtained Master of Nutrition and Food Hygiene.
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I started to work in Chinese Association on Tobacco Control
after graduating. My major duties include:
collecting questionnaires and analyzing the data; developing
project implementation plan. Also my daily work
includes increasing public support for achieving the
organizations campaigning objectives and monitoring
tobacco industry and collecting information.
Enchun Pan; [email protected]
I am Pan Enchun from China, a public health practitioners. As a
the Director of Department of
Noncommunicable Chronic Disease control in Huai`an Center for
Disease Control and Prevention. I am
responsible for tobacco control in Huai`an, including smoke-free
public places and workplaces, mass media
communication, tobacco epidemic surveillance, and advocates of
tobacco control legislation in public places.
I have organized mass media communication via posters in
communities and LEDs in medical services using
anti-tobacco posters and advertisements provided by Jiangsu
Provincial Center for Disease Control and
Prevention. In addition, I provide professional information to
local newspapers and television regularly. A pity is
that I was failing to air anti-tobacco advertisements on
television due to shortage of budget.
I was one of the drafters of the Huaian Smoking Control
Ordinance which has been enacted by the local
government in 2011. As the Jiangsu Provincial Regulation on
tobacco control has been enacted in 2014, I have
been organizing activities for policy promotion and
participating surveillance on policy evaluation.
Shi Qi; [email protected]
Ms. Shi Qi currently serves as the Director of the Office on
Health Promotion in the Department of
Communication, National Health and Family Planning Commission,
China. She is tasked with developing
national policies on health promotion and education, tobacco
control, health science communication,
coordinating the implementation of the WHO FCTC in the
Commission, and facilitating FCTC implementation
among other government sectors. Prior to this position, she
served as the Director of Office of Health
Promotion and Education, Chief of ART Management Working Group,
and Chief of the General Administration
Office and project officer of Office of Womens Health in the
Department of Maternal and Child Health and
Community Health since 1997. She was involved in developing
policies on Chinas health system reform,
particularly policies on promoting equitable access to basic
public health services.
Ms. Shi Qi obtained a PhD in Demography and Economics in China
Peoples University; a Master of Public
Health in the University of New South Wales of Australian; and a
Bachelor of Law in China Youth University of
Political Science.
Dai ShiDeng; [email protected]
Dai Shideng began in 1987 by learning theory and practice of
maternal and child health care professional
knowledge, covering the protection from exposure to tobacco
smoke. He worked at Maternal and Child Health
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Hospital of Zhuhai City from 1993 to 1998, carrying out work on
preschool children health, to protect kids from
the serious health risk caused by exposure to tobacco smoke. He
worked at Zhuhai Municipal Health Bureau in
Supervision Department from 1994 to 2001, where he was mainly in
charge of the promotion of the
propaganda and education work and law popularization works as
well, including the publicity and
implementation of tobacco control laws and regulations. From
2001 to 2008, He worked in Supervision
Department to organize the public health supervision work, to
execute and specific implement the relevant
regulations and policies of non-smoking ban. He worked in
Medical politics branch of Zhuhai Municipal Health
Bureau from 2008 to 2012, totally to be in charge of
investigation and research of the smoking-related illnesses
clinical pathways. He is currently responsible for the whole
city Tobacco-Control work.
Jiani Sun; [email protected]
Ms. Jiani Sun joined World Health Organization (WHO) China
Country Office as a National Professional Officer
of Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) in November 2013. She is mainly
in charge of government and organization
liaison and programme management to implement TFI projects and
policies in China. Before joining WHO, Jiani
had over two years health policy research experience in leading
global organizations as R&D-based
Pharmaceutical Association Committee and the Boston Consulting
Group, and one year behavior change
research experience at Duke Global Health Institute. Ms. Sun
received her M.Sc in Global Health from Duke
University in 2011 and B.Sc in Pharmaceutics from China
Pharmaceutical University in 2009.
Zhuo Wang; [email protected]
My name is Wang Zhuo. I come from Tianjin where is a coastal
city in the northeast of China. Im graduated
from Tianjin medical university in 2007 with post graduate
degree and then participate in work. Im working in
the Institute of Non-Communicable Disease Control and
prevention, Tianjin CDC. Im very proud of my job
because it is very meaningful to help people prevent from
various chronic diseases by change their risk factors
such as smoking, unhealthy diet habits, less physical activities
and so on. It is really my great honor to meet you
here and welcome all of you to Tianjin China.
Jingqi Yang; [email protected]
Jingqi Yang currently works as an intern researcher at Tobacco
Control Office, Chinese Center for Disease
Control and Prevention. She obtained her Master of Public Health
degree at Emory University in 2012, focusing
on Behavioral Science and Health Education. Her experience in
tobacco control began when she did her
internship at Ningbo CDC, working on school smoke-free programs.
Now she works on several projects at
China CDC, including the China-U.S. Partnership on Smoke-free
Workplaces, Design and Evaluation of Mock-up
Cigarette Packs with Pictorial Warning Labels and Global Youth
Tobacco Survey etc.
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Jun Yang; [email protected]
Yang Jun, male, born in November 1975, Master of Public Health,,
Bachelor of Science, vice director of
Department of policy & law, Qingdao Public Health
Bureau.
He has been dealing with public health for a long time, and ever
took charge of planned immunity and
epidemic diseases. He has been dealing with tobacco control
since 2005, participated in smoking-free Olympics
in 2008, and tobacco free cities. As one of the draftsmenhe
participated in the drafting of Qingdao tobacco
control regulations.
Zhang Ying; [email protected]
Zhang Ying is the program supervisor in charge of tobacco
control projects in Department of Health
Communication, Chinese Center for Health Education(CCHE). During
these years, she and her organization have
been devoted to creating a supportive social atmosphere for
tobacco control in China through media
workshops and awards, PSAs development, social media campaigns,
etc.
Liying Yu; [email protected]
Though signed WHO FCTC, there are over 320 million smokers in
China, and 3000 people die from disease
each day linked to smoking. These digitals have never
reduced.
Chinese government did not keep his promise beyond all doubt .
As a lawyer from public interest law firm , I
hope building my capacity on tobacco control through this
programme.
Jun Zhang; [email protected]
Being easygoing and cooperative, I get along well with
colleagues and partners and other organizations.
Moreover, dreaming to be a medical detective, I am interested in
field epidemiology, participating
investigations and disposals of some public health emergencies,
such as Avian Influenza A (H5N1), Mountain
Tai mushroom poisoning events, etc. In my spare time, my
favorite thing is mountain climbing or playing
Chinese Chess. Mountain climbing not only makes me more enduring
and also help relax in the fresh air.
Playing chess may make me careful and deliberate and get lots of
fun.
Junlin Zhang; [email protected]
Junlin Zhang is a new graduate from Yunnan University in 2013 at
the same time an experienced tobacco
control volunteer who has been served for Yunnan tobacco control
volunteer team for 3 years. She once
helped International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project
pilot investigations, Tobacco control speech,
smoke-free environment investigations, and other tobacco control
programs since October 2010. As a young
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capable tobacco control worker, Zhang has made a big
contribution for Yunnan tobacco control development
and the volunteer team has highly approved her job
performance.
Yong Zhang; [email protected]
All of my working experiences overseas were related to the
health promotion and chronic disease prevention in
community. When I was working in Japan, I was involved in both
carrying out and evaluating for national wide
programs of Health Japan in 21 Century to promote tobacco
control, physical activity, balanced diet, prevent
and reduce excessive alcohol use, total 9 projects were done or
still ongoing. During 2000 and 2004, I was
awarded the Rotary Yoneyama fellow by the Ohshima cohort study.
Between 2004 and 2008, being a project
manager, I was in charge of one project from Ministry of health
and three project from Akita government
developed a community of practice model for chronic disease
prevention; Investigation on the status of
nutrition and health of urban and rural residents in Japan,
epidemiological study on measles vaccine in
children, the results were used to issue new policies for
disease prevention and control. In 2008, coordinated
with health department in different levels, I was involved in
the spreading and implementation of national
action for central obesity related metabolic syndrome
prevention. After I came back to China, I was in charge of
the National Demonstration Districts for Integrated NCD
Prevention and Control program at National Center
for Chronic and Non-communicable Diseases Control and
Prevention. The program is about to actively conduct
Non-communicable and chronic disease (NCD) prevention and
control to curb the trend of rapidly growing
prevalence of NCDs in China.
Lu Zhao; [email protected]
Ms. Lu Zhao completed her bachelor degree in Human Resources
Management & Industrial Relationsat
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 2005. From
2005 to 2011, she worked as program office at
Beijing AIZHIXING Institute, in charge of HIV/AIDS prevention
programs among MSM/LGBT, female sex worker,
druguser, and truck driver communities. From 2011 till now, she
worked at ThinkTank Research Center for
Health Development, in charge of the Tobacco Free City-Gates
China Tobacco Control Program, the China Red
Cross Tobacco Free Environment Program and the Bloomberg Tobacco
Control Media advocacy Program.
Ms. Zhao is well experienced with health promotion,
self-empowerment and capacity building among high-risk
population. She also has outstanding capabilities and genuine
interest in tobacco control intervention
development, monitoring & evaluation, and policy
advocacy.
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Participant Bios Fiji
Ada Moadsiri; [email protected]
Ada Moadsiri has worked with Tobacco Free Initiatives at the WHO
Division of Pacific Technical Support (DPS)
in Suva, Fiji since 2013. The WHO DPS office provides technical
assistance to 21 Pacific island countries and
territories. Prior to her role with WHO, she served as a U.S.
Peace Corps volunteer (2006-08) and was a
Fulbright scholar in the Kingdom of Tonga (2011-12). She holds a
Doctor of Public Health degree from the
University of Illinois at Chicago.
Participant Bios Gambia
Bakary Krubally; [email protected]
As a focal point person on tobacco control at the Ministry of
Finance and Economic Affairs am self-motivated
to take up new challenges in international forums like the
leadership training on tobacco control. My
background is in the area of finance; however I have taken great
interest in the area of tobacco control. For the
time I have been at the Ministry of Finance, I have always
advocated for increase in the budget of the Ministry
of Health to create more awareness in the area of
Non-communicable diseases of which tobacco is a key
contributor.
Participant Bios India
Md. Masood Alam; [email protected]
I have done Master of Business Administration with
specialization in Health and Hospital Management from
Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi. Possess more than six years
of work experience and exposure in the area
of Public Health, Research and Development sectors, especially
with the government set up and non profit
organizations.
Currently working as State Consultant for the Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, Government of India
based at State Health Society/Health Department, Government of
Bihar, Patna. I have been providing technical
and programme management support to the state government on
National Tobacco Control Programme and
other health issues. I have drafted various documents and
strategies for the decision of Coordination/Executive
Committee, facilitate in preparation of annual & perspective
plans, reports and development of various
guidelines. I have been doing the monitoring & review the
status of project implementation and reporting the
same to senior officer.
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Rajkumar Chandranathan; [email protected]
Rajkumar Chandranathan joined Indian Police Service (IPS) during
the year 1986 and during the last 28 years
has served both in the federal and state police departments.
His vast and varied experience in policing includes both
command, staff and field assignments. During his
service career he has also held several responsible positions in
the state of Assam, India as IGP and ADGP,
Administration, IGP(Law & Order), IGP(Special Task Force)
and DIG modernization. Counter terrorism,
intelligence, Crime investigation, Law enforcement and
administration are his areas of core competence.
Presently, he heads the Assam State vigilance and anti
corruption department.
Jarjum Ete; [email protected]
Jarjum Ete, has served as a voluntary worker for more than 28
years in various capacities in the state of
Arunachal Pradesh as a womens rights activist in the autonomous
womens movement, as a community
leader, as a political activist, and, particularly as someone
working with youth and for children.
The issues like health and education have always been major
concerns throughout. As a multi-ethnic, tribal
state, the state needs better bonding among the younger
generation. And Jarjum has been making efforts to
build bridges among the youth as an elder motivating,
counseling, guiding. She has also been advocating for
a Comprehensive Youth Policy for the state of Arunachal
Pradesh.
Balasubramanian Gopalan; [email protected]
Last 28 years, I have been working with corporate, government
and international development sectors in India
and Africa, managing TB, HIV and Tobacco Control projects. An
understanding of global development arena
helped me to deliver desired results for the investments
made.
At present working with The Union under BI grants tobacco
control program having managed over 63 grants
for 35 organizations across four continents since 2007.
Providing support towards improving sustainable
systems through processes management as part of building
capacity of the partner organization and monitor
resource utilization in line with project objectives.
Holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management and
Bachelors degree in Commerce.
Madan Jaira; [email protected]
Basically I am a dedicated health Journalist. Everyday I write
some story on health issues. My Main focus is to
aware People about risk of Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco and
tell them it's short and long time health
impact. I am working in National Capital and covering Union
Health Ministry and Cabined, I also write policy
decisions. Many time such decisions criticized by me because
they are not in favor of People. It is clear that one
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hand I create awareness in people other hand I also make presser
on government for people centric decisions.
In future my focus will be same.
Amteshwer Kaur; [email protected]
Amteshwer Kaur serves as advocate for the Punjab & Haryana
High Court; President of Generation Saviour
Association; Municipal Councilor in Mohali, Punjab; Member of
District Tobacco Control Cell in Mohali; and
Member of the Panel against Sexual Harassment of Women at Punjab
University Chandigarh.
She has a Master of Arts, Sociology and Punjabi, a M.Phil.
Sociology, and a Bachelor of Law.
She has published the Political Orientation of Lawyers.
She has received honors including the Award of Excellence for
promotion of values consistent with the
Betterment of Society from Mohali Reporter Association in 2010;
an Appreciation Letter by District
Administration for Contribution In Making the District Tobacco
Free, in 2011 on Independence Day; and the
State Level Award of Honor on occasion of Inter-National Womens
Day in 2013.
Aamir Ali Mir; [email protected]
Aamir Ali Mir had a diverse upbringing, spending most of his
formative years in Nyeri, Kenya (East Africa),
returning back eventually to his motherland Kashmir (India) for
higher studies and completing his Bachelors of
Engineering. The time he spent in Kenya greatly influenced the
way he perceived things and also influenced
him to do something for the betterment of the society. He was
also greatly affected by the rampant tobacco
addiction that was prevalent in the African society, affecting
not just the adults but also very young children.
Being a restless and affected young soul, during his early
college days Aamir participated in a lot of social
activities and endeavoured at the local level to do his bit to
make the world a better place to live in.
Subsequently, it was no surprise for anyone in the family to see
Aamir put his career on the backseat to help
the earthquake affected people of Uri and Tangdar areas rebuild
their lives from scratch.
Aamir worked extensively in the reform sector of the state
dealing extensively with disaster management,
mitigation and preparedness, Red Cross, Trans LOC trade, liaison
with all government agencies and defence
forces, including contributing to the development of the Ladakh
region.
Aamir was a part of the team that spearheaded the anti-tobacco
campaign in the state and was responsible for
implementation of Anti-Tobacco Activities in 12 districts of
Kashmir division. He is authorised to compound
offences under COTPA (Anti-Tobacco Act) and he constituted a
special anti-tobacco squad, for conducting
random checks in various public places, including Government
offices. He has been actively involved in the
campaign against tobacco use in the state and has managed to
achieve marvellous results, with a vast section
of the society including police officers, senior government
officers, as well as senior officers of the education
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department sensitized about the various provisions of section 4,
5, and 6 of COTPA (anti-tobacco act). He has
also made efforts as the Executive Director /Secretary, Jammu
and Kashmir State Social Welfare Board in
initiating an anti-tobacco program through civil society,
voluntary organisations and NGOs in order to make
J&K tobacco free.
Deepak Mishra; [email protected]
Sh. Deepak Mishra is a direct recruit of Indian Police Service,
1984 batch. Postgraduate in Physics, he did his
Diploma in Foreign Trade from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade,
New Delhi. While holding various posts such
as Dy. Commissioner of Police (District Head of Police force),
North-East, West & Central Districts,
Spl.C.P./Operations in Metropolitan City of Delhi,
Superintendent of Police in Daman Diu (a Union Territory),
DIG in Mizoram (State under terror turmoil), Inspector General
of Police, Arunachal Pradesh, his work and
conduct, his ability to combat terrorist activities/hardcore
criminals, his excellence in containing communal
riots, investigating sensational crimes and maintaining Law and
Order was highly applauded not only by the
Govt. but also by the general public. He was awarded President
Medal for distinguish service and meritorious
service by the President of India. He was also selected to
attend Seminars on Crisis Management held by U.S.
Administration at Singapore in 2006 and Security Mechanism at
South Korea in 2007. A person of versatile
persona, he is also engaged in work for the upliftment of
sports, orphan children interest in Art and Culture as
well as he has successfully directed live shows in Delhi.
NK Mishra; [email protected]
I am State Nodal Officer under National Tobacco Control
Programme since 2010. I have been keenly leading
the implementation of the National Tobacco Control Programme and
tobacco control activities at state and
district level. Besides that I am also looking various important
programmes in the health department such as
Non-Communicable Disease, Nutrition, NIDDCP, NPHCE, National
Mental Health Programme, Fluorosis,
Deworming and National Oral Health Programmes. The tobacco
control programmes have been improving day
by day and taking lead in the state under my supervision and
commitment.
This leadership programme exposure in global tobacco control
will help me in strengthening the state
government's hands and furnish with better tools and strategies
in battling the tobacco epidemic in the state
both at policy and community level. Bihar is also one of the
largest producers of Tobacco. It also has cigarette
factories & number of Bidi (Rolled Kendu leaves with
tobacco) producers in different districts of the state. Still
we have to cover a long way under the Tobacco control programme.
Sensitization of different Government
Departments and stake holders, increasing taxation on Tobacco
& Tobacco Products, establishing fine
mechanism against the law violators are the issues, me, as a
Nodal Officer has to take care of. It would be my
privilege if I could be able to participate in the leadership
training programme from 7thto 21st June '14. I
promise that our state would be taking all measures to assist
& coordinate in the overall efforts for the Global
Tobacco Control.
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Surendra Singh Negi; [email protected]
I am currently holding the post Cabinet Minister of Medical,
Health and Family Welfare Ayush Education
Science & Technology, Bio-technology, Cane Development &
Sugar Industry in Government of Uttarakhand. I
am a Science Graduate and is involved in politics now for more
than 18 years and great passion for rural
development. I served multiple ministry/departments including
Drinking Water, Rural Development, Sainik
Welfare, Science Technology, Bio-Technology etc. Due to years of
working in ministry, I am expertise in the
schemes and policies related to health of Government of India
and State of Uttarakhand.
Jyoti Prakash; [email protected]
Dr. Jyoti Prakash, Associate Professor in Armed Forces Medical
College is an ardent academician, keen
researcher and true psychiatrist; who pursues both preventive as
well as curative approach to mental health. He
has been speakers at various forums and has more than 50
publications to his credit. While he has good
appetite for knowledge & research; he also collaborates with
various professional bodies towards social
initiatives. His creative work in preventive psychiatry has not
only generated adequate momentum of positive
change in community but has also inspired the students under him
towards a responsible contribution in the
society.
Raman Prasad; [email protected]
Indian has been implementing far reaching economic reforms to
bring about sustained economic growth and
improvement in the quality of life of the people. Stabilizing
the rate of growth of population for sustained
development requires commitment not only nationally, but also
globally.
The National Tobacco Control programme was launched by the
Government of India in the year 2007-08 with
the aim to create awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco
consumption, to reduce the production and
supply, to help people quit tobacco use through Tobacco
Cessation Centers.
A number of schemes related with tobacco control have been
launched by Government of India through
Audio-Visual communications and print media to control the
harmful effect of tobacco products like Gutka and
Cigarettes and the diseases caused by tobacco. On assessment of
this programme it has been found that cases
are being reduced due to the mass publicity of the harmful
effect of tobacco. Government of India has also
started Swasth Bharat Programme from regional Kendras of
Doordarshan and All India Radio to highlight the
harmful effects of tobacco. This programme is being watched by
90% of the people. Celebrities have also
been involved to create awareness through their songs like Life
se Panga Mat Lo Yaar and Audio-Visual spots.
I am sure that the 9th Annual Global Tobacco Control Leadership
programme of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health will create a new chapter in the health
communication and advocacy.
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Chandra Ramakrishnan; [email protected]
Ms. Chandra Ramakrishnan is Programme Manager, Health Promotion
and Development Communication at
Voluntary Health Association of India. She has been a senior
member of the tobacco control team at VHAI
working on BI-supported projects since 2007. Her area of
expertise is developing policy-focused advocacy and
communication materials for policymakers, media and general
public. She has conducted field visits to bidi
rolling settings to document the plight of bidi rollers apart
from contributing to discussion papers for policy
advocacy on bidi. She manages the VHAI website on tobacco
control, www.rctfi.org, an information portal for
media and civil society.
AV Rinkoo; [email protected]
I, a post-graduate medical doctor, am working as consultant
(national coordination) to the Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare, India for its National Tobacco Control Program
under the Noncommunicable diseases cluster. It
is a country-level leadership position, and I am responsible for
coordinating the implementation of the
program - having a financial outlay of more than 280 Million USD
- in 29 states across India. Earlier, during my
stint with NPSP-WHO, I demonstrated exceptional leadership
qualities while managing surveillance of the acute
flaccid paralysis and coordinating immunization activities in
two high-risk districts with a population of more
than 30 lakhs.
Ambuj Sharma; [email protected]
Ambuj Sharma is an Under Secretary in the International Health
& International Cooperation Division of the
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of
India, which is the nodal Division in MoHFW for
implementation of the tobacco control policies and decisions of
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (FCTC) and other Bi-lateral bilateral agreements/MOUs
signed by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
with other countries. As an under Secretary he plays a critical
role in placing Tobacco Control, WHO-FCTC, NCD
in the international health and international cooperation agenda
of MOHFW at various platforms like BRICS etc.
He is an avid reader and follows the developments at
International level very closely.
Thakur Kaul Singh; [email protected]
Mr. Kaul Singh Thakur is a Cabinet Minister of Health and Family
Welfare, Law and Revenue departments in
Government of Himachal Pradesh in India. Mr. Singh is a law
graduate and a senior politician for last over 35
years. He had been a member of State Legislative Assembly for
eight terms. Mr. Singh has been working with a
vision and passion for the providing quality health care
facilities for the people of the State. Under his
leadership, several steps were taken to control tobacco menace.
State of Himachal Pradesh has been declared a
Smoke-Free State in July 2013 under his seal and signature. Mr.
Singh is taking personal interest in ensuring
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effective tobacco control in the State and implementing all
elements of MPOWER policy packages in a true
sense.
PK Taneja; [email protected]
P K Taneja is an IAS officer and is serving as a Principal
Secretary (Public Health & Family Welfare) and
Commissioner (Health) Government of Gujarat, INDIA since July,
2011.
He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and
Communications from the Indian Institute of
Technology, Roorkee. He has held various important positions of
Public Administration starting at district level
as Collector & District Magistrate and at the state level as
Principal Secretary (Public Health and Family
Welfare) He also was Director in Govt. of India. . He has also
served as Managing Director for various Public
Sector Enterprises of Gujarat
Participant Bios Indonesia
Lela Amelia; [email protected]
Lela Amelia, she is a Head of Sub Directorate of Tobacco Control
at The National Agency of Drug and Food
Control, Indonesia. She has been working at the agency since
April 1993 as an evaluator of new drug as part of
product licensing process. She is a graduate of Bandung
Institute of Technology (Pharmacist) and University of
Indonesia, Jakarta (Masters Degree Epidemiology). Her current
responsibility is on the control of labeling,
advertising and promotion of tobacco product and involved in
development of related regulation and technical
guidance.
Ni Nyoman Sri Antari; [email protected]
Tobacco is not the original plant from Indonesia. It brought by
Nederland colonialism. But now these distribute
anywhere in our country. More people have been smoke, and they
enjoy the life without aware its impact.
Many people getting chronic obstructive lung as the result smoke
for a long time. Many kind are effort by
government but no significant yet.
Draft Regulation ( RPP ) of the Tobacco Products Security as
addictive substances for Health is still raises the
pro and contra .
This policy can be lethal it is feared that the tobacco industry
is a major foreign exchange earner for the
country. On the other hand smoke poses a high health costs.
Ironically, smoke it already entrenched for the
community, especially on the poor .
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The government is ambiguous in the face of Tobacco RPP because
of political pressure from the powerful
tobacco industry. This is feared to make RPP Tobacco may be
hampered in the process of ratification and
implementation. While the effects of smoking will be the burden
of health care costs in the long run.
Is foreign exchange earned from the tobacco industry was
comparable to the burden of health care costs
incurred by the government??
This policy involves a variety of actors such as central and
local government, health care, insurance agencies,
tobacco farmers, cigarette industry and society, NGOs up to the
health professions. Various actors to consider
its role in the process of ratification of this RPP.
Various obstacles encountered in the central enable RPP decision
is running slow. With decentralization, each
local government to make tobacco control policies at the local
level. Some areas that have made policy related
to tobacco control is Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung, Surabaya, and
Yogyakarta.
Ayu Swandewi Astuti; [email protected]
I (Putu Ayu Swandewi Astuti) received my medical doctor degree
in 2000 and completed my Master of Public
Health at The University of Melbourne in 2008. I have been
working as a lecturer at School of Public Health
(SPH) Udayana University since 2003, and since 2011 up to
present is elected and held the head of SPH
position.
I have been involved in several researches in public health
areas including the most current one is on tobacco
control program starting from June 2013. I also have been
involved in the advocation and training to
stakeholders on tobacco control in Bali.
Fatwa Fadillah; [email protected]
My Name is Fatwa Fadillah (Mr). I was born on December 13th,
1983. I work in Yayasan Pusaka Indonesia (YPI),
as a local CSO which have main focus to provide the right child
and women protection in North Sumatera,
Indonesia. I have been work twelve years, with the varied
experience about advocation and community
organizing. Bachelor of Law Degree in Medan Area University and
now is a leader in YPI. Very interested in
management leadership and areas of creative writing.
Nanda Fauziyana; [email protected]
My name is Nanda, 23 years old. Ive been working for tobacco
control issues since I was in college on 2010. I
got interested in this issue because I feel angry and unfair
about lies that created by the tobacco industry
through their advertising that targeted young children. After my
experience on a students movement in
tobacco control issues, I continue to work in this issue until
now. I am now a project officer for doctors
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movement and victims alliance on NGO called National Commission
on Tobacco Control that work to fight on
a Tobacco Control regulation in Indonesia.
Akbar Harfianto; [email protected]
Mr. Akbar Harfianto is a Section Head of Tobacco Excise II at
Head Office of Directorate General of Customs,
Jakarta. He analyzes the policy of price, tariff, and production
of tobacco excise. He has some experiences in
policy issue of tobacco. He has involved in compiling the
regulation of excise and preparing the Law
Amendment of Excise in 2007. For five years of his carrier in
Excise Directorate, he also has participated in
building the Information Technology for excise service system.
Graduated his master degree in University of
Indonesia and did a research of the impact of government policy
in tobacco excise for cigarette type for his
thesis.
Tumpal P. Hendriyanto; [email protected]
Tumpal P. Hendriyanto joined the Minister of Health in 1991 as
technical staff at Center for Health Promotion.
After completed a Master of Science in Public Health degree,
majoring in Health Promotion at Griffith
University Queensland Australia, He has been appointed as the
head of sub division for Health Promotion
Program Planning and Evaluation at Center for Health Promotion,
Ministry of Health. He assisted in
formulating the Center for Heallth Promotion to develop National
Health Promotion Program Planning,
including to support Smoke Free Areas. He hope the JHSPH
leadership program will improve his capacity for
advancing tobacco control in Indonesia.
Idawati Muas; [email protected]
My name is Idawati Muas. I am a Medical Doctor and Researcher at
the National Institute of Health Research
and Development (NIHRD), Ministry of Health Republic of
Indonesia.
I was involved in various tobacco control research; among others
is the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2011 in
Indonesia is a nationally representative household survey of all
non-institutionalized men and women aged 15
years and above reported the prevalence of smoking in Indonesia
is 67.0% (57.6 million) among men and 2.7%
(2.3 million) among women. The prevalence of daily smoking is
highest in 45-64 years age group (33.5%).
Nearly 50% of current smokers plan or are thinking about
quitting, only 10% plan to quit within 12 months.
Among all adult, 51.3% were exposed to tobacco smoke at the
workplace, at home 78.4%, in the restaurants
85.4% and in public transport 70%. Overall, 86.0% of respondents
believe that smoking causes serious illness
such as heart attack (81.5%) and lung cancer (94.7%).
The GATS was conducted by BPS-Statistics Indonesia and the
NIHRD, Ministry of Health. GYTS (Global Youth
Tobacco Survey) is a system of monitoring to see an increase of
in tobacco use among children and
adolescents throughout the world reported a survey in 2009.
Another Survey, Baseline Health Research
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(RISKESDAS) conducted in 2007, 2010 and 2013, the results
describe the sub national level (province and
district/city). The results include the prevalence of smoker by
age, sex, education, type of residence (urban or
rural), and level of income. Since 2009 Indonesia has the new
Health Law (No. 36/2009). In the legislation article
115 the first paragraph states about smoke free area covers
seven areas: health facilities, educational facilities,
places of worship, children playground, public transport, public
places and working places. And the second
paragraph states that local government must set the smoke free
area through local regulation (PERDA). The
government stakeholders of tobacco controll includes Ministry of
Finance, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of
Industry, Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Agriculture,
Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education.
I hope to learn more at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health (JHSPH) Global Tobacco Control
Leadership Program 2014 and contribute to the Tobacco Control
Activities in Indonesia.
Fauzi Ahmad Noor; [email protected]
My name Fauzi Ahmad Noor was born on 1978. I was Joined with
Tobacco control Program since 2009 in
Muhammadiyah, one of Big Muslim organization in Indonesia . My
basicaly education is a Political science
from University Muhammadiyah of Yogyakarta. I have the big
passion on tobacco control and on 2010 i was
initiated and developed Yogyakarta without tobacco Forum. This
forum was established and support by more
than 40 civil society, Academician and NGO to conduct policy
advocay Smoke free regulation in Yogyakarta
Province. Curently i am a Program manager on Muhammadiyah
Tobacco Control Center ( MTCC) University
Muhammadiyah of yogyakarta.
Yeni Rosdianti Rasiyo; [email protected]
Yeni Rosdianti, Born 15th March 1975 in Jakarta-Indonesia, the
third of Five of Couple Rasiyo and Sri Sukesi. It
is Grateful that until now, still, my beloved parents on my
side. They are the most important person in my life
who encourage me to be---and always bea good and nice person.
Another way is that they always remind
me to get the spirit to enlight our obvious worthy life.
I am now a mother of 4 children. I love my family so much. They
are the spirit of my life. They are the reason to
have a better life, to do all the best things in my life.
I have been working in Indonesia National Commission on Human
Rights (Komnas HAM) for 9 years, since
2004 until present. It is interesting for me being a researcher.
It is grateful for me to always be a learner while I
could improve myself to be the advantageous one. Referring the
saying of prophet Muhammad SAW: The best
of you is the most advantageous one.
Md. Abdoel Malik Rizal; [email protected]
In 2008 I received my Law Degree (S.H.I) in Muhammadiyah
University of Surakarta (UMS). Completed special
course for legal profession in 2009. Now, endeavoring for legal
practice`s license. I joined the Biro Consultation
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& Legal Aid (BKBH) as a staff of the division information
& data. & came to handle the information flow &
researching data. I majoring in legal opinion & Regulatory
Impact Analysis (RIA). The issue on Tobacco Control
was introducing to me at mid-2011. My duty as a Program
Development Officer for IISD.
The end of 2013, December, I was call to join Indonesia Public
Health Associate (IAKMI) as young professional
consultant for public health advocacy.
Magdalena Sitorus; [email protected]
No bio available.
Anastasia Sri Rejeki (Kiki Soewarso); [email protected]
Since 2007, I've been actively involved in tobacco control
movements in Indonesia as a Communications Officer
at TCSC-IPHA. My main duty is to deliver message to the public
through media, using both conventional and
new media. Feeding media with the newest data & info is one
of my jobs. I also support other organizations
within the network and actively involved in advocacy activities.
Besides, I also give technical assistant for certain
public campaign activities, such as PHW media campaign 2014
supported by SITT Project SEATCA. Other than
that, I work closely with Health Promotion MOH for PHW social
media campaign.
Agus Sujatno; [email protected]
Agus Sujatno currently serves as Advocacy Staff on Tobacco
Control. He studied the history of Indonesia at
Sebelas Maret University in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
in 1996.
He attended High School at SMA N I Wonosari, Delanggu in Klaten,
Central Java, Indonesia; Junior High School
at SMPK Hati Kudus Delanggu in Klaten Central Java, Indonesia;
and Primary School at SDN VI Delanggu in
Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia.
Ferdinan Samson Tarigan; [email protected]
Upon completing a bachelors degree in Public Health, Ferdinan
worked at health district office in Lampung
Province in 2000, followed by Directorate of Community Health,
MoH in Jakarta in 2004. Afterwards, He got a
promotion in Secretariat of Indonesian Medical Council In 2006.
He finished his post-graduate study in
Indonesia University by completing theses related health
policies that had been successfully presented in Asia
Pacific Consortium in Public Health conference in Taiwan in
2009
Currently, Ferdinan works at Centre for International
Cooperation, MoH. He assists in accelarating the process
of accesion of Framework Convention of Tabocco Control in his
country.
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Retno Widyastuti; [email protected]
My name is Retno Widyastuti. I am a medical doctor and
researcher at National Institute Health Research and
Development, Ministry of Health, Indonesia.
I am very interesting to follow 9th Annual Tobacco Control at
John Hopkins because of tobacco is a serious
health problem, since it is always dangerous, not just when it
is used in excess or abused; its smoke contains
thousands of chemicals that are poisonous, damage blood vessels
or carcinogenic; highly addictive and may
also harm other people exposed to their smoke. Tobacco use
remains the single biggest preventable cause of
disease, disability and premature deaths.
The prevalence of smoking in Indonesia is alarming, about 60
million people or 34.8% of total adults were
active smokers. Over 67% of adult males are smokers, this
prevalence is the highest in ASEAN.
Indonesian Government has signed new tobacco control regulation
to implement the countrys 2009 Health
Law. The new regulation provides guidelines for key tobacco
control provisions of promotion and
sponsorships; and sales of tobacco products. Indonesia is the
only country in Southeast Asia that has yet to
ratify the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
(FCTC).
Hopefully by following this training, I can get a lot of
information and experience about tobacco control to
adopt in my country. Great expectation after follow this
training i can contribute to the tobacco control
program in my work as researcher, clinicians and organization
that I follow.
Camalia Atun Wilayat; [email protected]
Mrs. Wilayat is currently the Head of Bogor District Health
Office, West Java, Indonesia. Holding the position
since January 2013, she is responsible for the public health
affairs of one of the most populated district of the
province, which close to five million people living in the
area.
Mrs. Wilayat holds a Master Degree on Public Health from
University of Indonesia in 2006. She was initially
trained and educated as a General Practitioner at the Medical
School of Padjadjaran University in Bandung,
West Java, Indonesia, which was completed in 1985.
Prior to current position, Mrs. Wilayat had numerous experiences
from different levels in the Districts public
health institutions. She started her career as a medical staff
and head for two sub-districts Community Health
Center (Puskesmas) in Bogo District. She was then appointed to
be the Director for one of the Public General
Hospital in Ciawi, Bogor District.
Prima Yosephine; [email protected]
Prima Yosephine, M.D., Sub Directorate Head of Chronic and
Degenerative Diseases Control on Directorate
Non Communicable Diseases Control, Directorate General Diseases
Control and Environmental Health, Ministry
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of Health Indonesia. She was appointed as a Head of Sub
Directorate in December 2012. Previously, she was
assigned as a section leader in the standardization
sub-directorate immunization.
As a Head of Sub Directorate of chronic and degenerative disease
control at the Ministry of Health, the tobacco
control to be one of her responsibilities. In the implementation
of tobacco control policies in Indonesia, the
health ministry supported by the related ministries and NGOs. We
strongly believe that through this intensive
Annual Global Tobacco Control Leadership Program that held by
the Institute for Global Tobacco Control
(IGTC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health.will greatly improve her knowledge and
leadership skills in Indonesia Tobacco Consumption Control and
Public Health Policy.
Anni Yulianti; [email protected]
My Name is Anni Yulianti, 37 years old Married woman with 2 cute
sons. I have been working as researcher at
National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry
of Health Republic of Indonesia. As a mother, I
really concern about the healthy environment for next
generation, future children of Indonesia. As a matter of
fact, the prevalence of smoking in Indonesia has increase from
year to year; moreover the age of starting
regular smoking become younger. Tobacco consumption is one of
the leading causes of preventable death in
the world today. So, I think I have to do something useful,
become the part of tobacco against actively. For
doing so, I need to explore my knowledge about tobacco control
program. So, this is the great moment to
have a wonderful experience to learn and discuss with people
around the world and the experts. Thank you for
the opportunity attending this course and I really enjoy the
whole valuable program.
Participant Bios Jordan
Mawya Mahmoud Al Zawawi; [email protected]
For the past 7 years I have been working closely on tobacco
control issue in Jordan, where Recently been
appointed as a national tobacco control expert by the world
health organization office in the capacity of my
solid roles in Tobacco Control partnership, creative resource
mobilization and outstanding advocacy. My
society enjoys strong relationships with various politicians and
policy-makers and played an instrumental role
in establishing the national tobacco control alliance based on
the Framework Convention Alliance, l attended
many local /regional /international conferences and workshops
learning more about FCTC. Also am an activist
in cancer control since 2008.
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Participant Bios Moldova
Dorel Noroc; [email protected]
Dorel Noroc (January 12, 1989), main consultant, Tax and Customs
Policy Directorate, Tax and Customs Policy
and Legislation General Directorate, Ministry of Finance of
Republic of Moldova.
Dorel Noroc graduated the Academy of Economic Studies of
Moldova, master degree in Public Finance and
Taxation, and have started to work at the Ministry of Finance
since 2011. During this period, he participated to
the first and second Eurasia Tobacco Tax Working Group meeting
(Ankara, Turkey 26-28 June 2013, Kiev,
Ukraine 23-27 September 2013). With World Health Organizations
assistance, he successfully implemented
WHO TaXSim simulation model in Moldova, that allows to improve
efficient the tobacco tax system with
respect to its impact on cigarette consumption and government
tobacco tax revenues. So that, the system
provides additional revenues to the budget and improves public
health.
Participant Bios Myanmar
Yin Thandar Lwin; [email protected]
Being a medical professional, I had served as assistant surgeon
in Mandalay General Hospital from 1990 to
1995. At that time, I got many experiences with non -
communicable diseases in medical and surgical units.
Furthermore, I studied about non- communicable disease for one
year in my M.Med Sc degree curriculums.
After my post graduate degree, I supervised the fields of public
health care delivery system for 9 years,
epidemiology for 5 years and hospital information system for 2
years. Now, leading central tobacco control
program is one of my responsibilities as director of public
health division.
Participant Bios Pakistan
Gul Bibi; [email protected]
Ms. Gul Bibi has been working for Bloomberg Initiative funded
Project Strengthening Tobacco Control in
Pakistan since four years. She is actively involved in
designing, implementing and monitoring smoke-free
campaigns, generating awareness among public and law enforcement
authorities about the existing tobacco
control laws through modern methodologies of behaviour change
communication, making current law
compliant with FCTC, monitoring implementation of TC laws,
Budgeting, administration and financial
management of the projects. She is having Master degree in
Business Administration.
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Zia Uddin; [email protected]
Medical doctor, Public Health Physician and Tobacco Control
Activist. Twenty-one years of experience as
clinician. For last six years working in the Public Health /
Primary Health Care and Tobacco Control. Received
Masters of Health Economics from Karolinska Institute Stockholm
Sweden 2007, introductory course in Medical
Education from University of Dundee 2004, Bachelor of Medicine
and Surgery from University of Sindh
Pakistan. Presently working as Technical Coordinator on BI
funded project to Government of Pakistan
"Reforming Tobacco Control in Pakistan". Working in 20 model
district of four provinces of Pakistan, with
Provincial and District Governments. Earlier worked as Deputy
Project Director, Project Coordinator on BI
funded Project," Enhancing Tobacco Control in Pakistan" with
Tobacco Control Cell, Ministry of Health
Government of Pakistan & World Health Organization Pakistan.
Participating in policy decision of Government
on Tobacco Control laws in Pakistan. Participated in training
courses conducted by The Union Middle East
Office Cairo, Egypt.
Participant Bios Philippines
Jose Enrique S. Garcia III; [email protected]
Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III graduated from the University of
Asia and the Pacific in 1994 with a degree in BA
General Humanities specializing in Political Economy. He began
his public life in 2007 and his grassroots
approach to governance earned him the Presidential Lingkod Bayan
award the highest citation for a public
servant in the Philippines conferred by President Benigno Aquino
in 2012. Under his dynamic leadership, the
City reaped the 2013 Red Orchid Hall of Fame Award for a 100%
tobacco-free environment and the
Outstanding Healthy Lifestyle Advocacy Award given by the
Philippine Department of Health.
Kelvin Khow; [email protected]
Mr. Kelvin Khow has been working with the World Health
Organization in its Headquarters office in Geneva,
Switzerland, the Iraq country office and now presently at the
Regional Office for the Western Pacific in Manila,
Philippines. His experience has been in mental health and
substance abuse and now in health promotion
including the tobacco free initiative. Born in Malaysia, Kelvin
has lived and studied in Singapore, Australia, USA
and the United Kingdom. He enjoys getting close to nature and
has trekked with the elusive mountain gorillas
in Rwanda and swam with giant whale sharks off the coast of the
Philippines.
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Participant Bios - Russia
Tatiana Kolpakova; [email protected]
I am working as Liaison Officer for the WHO office in the
Russian Federation since 2006, being responsible for
the coordination and management of the WHO activities in the
country, facilitation of the dialogue between
national authorities and external partners to mobilize expertise
for the development of health strategies, and
promotion of the WHO visibility through media. I am actively
engaged into current policy development in
healthy lifestyle promotion and non-communicable diseases
prevention in Russia, including various tobacco
control activities at federal and municipal levels.
In October 2012- April 2013 I was appointed acting Head of WHO
country office in Armenia.
I hold Master and PhD degree in pediatrics. I began my career in
the regional hospital in Kursk and continued
in the childrens polyclinic in Gorky. Between 1989 and 2000 I
worked in the research institute of pediatrics.
Between 2001 and 2006 I worked in the Ingosstrakh Insurance
Company as the head of the medical insurance
department.
Alexey Kuznetsov; [email protected]
I'm an assiatant to Dr. Nikolay Gerasimenko, The First
Vice-Chairman of Healthcare Committee of Russian State
Duma for more than 5 years. I'm working on external affairs,
current public health legislation development,
industry liaisons and public initiatives implementation. I got a
degree in Public Relations and a PhD in
Sociology. I like travelling, and already visited many parts of
the world and also swimming and winter sports.
Svetlana Subbotina; [email protected]
I am a reporter of the Russia's oldest newspaper Izvestiya. I
don't smoke. My country had an anti-tobacco law
adopted recently and, to my might, very timely.
Tatiana Sukhanovskaya; [email protected]
Since 2002 I have been promoting healthy lifestyle in the
Arkhangelsk regional mass media. One of the main
subjects of my publications is smoking cessation propaganda,
antismoking policy and practical application of
the Russian national law on protection of the population from
tobacco smoke in Arkhangelsk region. I take part
in preparing the Arkhangelsk regional action plan according to
Russian national strategy and legislation,
focused on promotion of healthy lifestyle, smoking cessation and
treatment of drug and alcohol abuse.
Since 2013 I have been working as a leading consultant of the
Arkhangelsk Region Agency for Press and Mass
Media. I am a coordinator of 20 regional newspapers in the field
of control of smoking, alcohol and drugs. A
part of my job is: Preparing of media plans, informational
support of mass media, consulting journalists on
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antismoking subject and general promotion of healthy lifestyle,
and assistance in preparing and conducting of
campaigns.
Since 2014 this work will be emphasized as it will be funded in
mass media through the Arkhangelsk region
budget.
Georgy Udalov; [email protected]
Many people dream to like in a fairy tale - to live happily ever
after. It's impossible without a comfortable and
healthy environment. It's environment where available to people
drinking clean water, eating ecological foods,
being a fine and, of course, breathing fresh air!!!
Yulia Vyskrebentseva; [email protected]
Born in Dresden, Germany in 1985, used to move around a lot
through most of my childhood since my dad was
in the military. Got a masters degree in psychology in 2007,
working in communications and marketing since
then. Amongst the things I enjoy most in life are traveling,
meeting new people and doing various jobs the
community can benefit from. As for my spare time activities, I
mostly enjoy active recreation like hiking and
snowboarding, as well as taking care of my favorite cat,
Timon.
I am looking forward to this learning course as a most exciting
and educational cultural experience and unique
opportunity for networking and getting involved in international
collaboration in tobacco control.
Sergey Yarmolyuk; [email protected]
I am rather new person in the Tobacco Control sphere but its
interesting for me as a professional, researcher
and a human being. My professional background mostly relates to
free legal aid. Since graduation in 2002, I am
closely involved in the operation of the Legal Clinic at the
University, now Legal Aid Bureau. As a researcher
Im interested in behavioral economic and legal policing. As for
my personal attitudes, I never smoked and do
not like someone smokes.
Participant Bios Sri Lanka
Lanka J. Dissanayake; [email protected]
Completed the undergraduate studies at Leeds University and
specialized in the field of Elderly Care, Critical
Care, Public Health and Administration with a MBA in Health Care
Sciences from the University of Manipal,
India.
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Currently working as the National Professional Officer (NCD) for
the World Health Organisation for a period of