October 2018
September 2018
Attended workshop on tobacco taxation and universal health coverage in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Technical assistance and capacity building mission to Mauritius.
August 2018
July 2018
Technical assistance and capacity building mission to Mynmar.
Technical assistance and capacity building mission to Cambodia.
Attended a meeting on “Defining an appropriate methodology to measure the tax share on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages”. The meeting was organized by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and was hosted in Washington, U.S.
Technical assistance and capacity building mission to Thailand.
June 2018
Technical assistance and capacity building mission to Vanuatu.
Presentation to CRUK staff at the University of Bath, England.
Attended the High-Level Knowledge Sharing Exchange Conference on Regional Tobacco Tax Harmonization in the Caribbean Region hosted in the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
March 2018
Provided a two-day training workshop to the South African Revenue Service in methods to control illicit cigarette trade in South Africa.
Attended and hosted a stall at the 17th world Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town, South Africa.
Official Launch of the WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub on Taxation and Illicit Trade.
February 2018
Presented on tobacco taxation at a meeting hosted by the Dutch Alliance for a Smokefree Society in den Haag, the Netherlands.
Participated in consultation meetings on tobacco tax modelling and policy recommendations for tobacco tax reform in Cambodia and Myanmar hosted in Bangkok, Thailand.
2017
December 2017
Attended the WHO consultation on using fiscal policies to achieve better health outcomes in Geneva, Switzerland.
Technical assistance visit to Jakarta, Indonesia.
November 2017
Attended the "Towards a Tobacco Endgame in Hong Kong” Conference in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Attended the European Regional Meeting of the WHO in Heidelberg, Germany.
Attended the technical workgroup meeting on tobacco taxation in Keffi, Nigeria.
Participated in the Expert Panel on the Illicit Trade Protocol meeting at the FCTC Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland.
October 2017
Capacity building event for the Indonesian Ministry of Health on tobacco taxation; tobacco taxation workshop for civil society; and a high-level policy meeting on tobacco taxation all in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Provided technical assistance on the design of a questionnaire to be used in a study on illicit trade in Banjul, Gambia.
September 2017
Conducted a training seminar on Tobacco Economics in Yangon, Myanmar.
Provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Finance of Cambodia.
Provided technical assistance to Georgia.
August 2017
Attended the Inter Country and Expert Meeting on Smokeless Tobacco (SLT) Control Policy in New Delhi, India.
July 2017
Technical assistance visit to Mongolia.
Provided technical assistance to the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) during its July workshop hosted in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
June 2017
Attended the High Level Conference on Taxation and Illicit Trade of Tobacco products organized by the Smoke Free Partnership at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
Attended the technical tax meeting hosted by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids in London, United Kingdom.
Attended a workshop titled "Smoking - medical, social aspects and legislative changes" in Prague, Czech Republic. Dr Hana Ross of the Knowledge Hub served as Keynote Speaker at the event, presenting the topic of "Tobacco tax and Economic Prosperity".
Participated in the expert panel on the Illicit Trade protocol meeting at the FCTC Secretariat in Geneva.
May 2017
Dr. Hana Ross delivers a key note address, "Why are high tobacco taxes good for economic development?", to the Slovenian Ministry of Health on World No Tobacco Day.
Attended the third meeting on South-South and Triangular Cooperation to promote implementation of the WHO FCTC in the era of the SDGs, hosted in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Attended the sixth McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer's intensive legal training course in Melbourne, Australia.
With funding from Vital Strategies, members of the Knowledge Hub presented a three-day workshop on tobacco taxation to National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
February 2017
Attended a series of Bloomberg partners meetings in New York.
January 2017
Dr Tibor Szilágyi from the WHO FCTC Secretariat visits the UCT KH in Cape Town.
Technical assistance in Mongolia: Assisted the WHO in developing an excise tax simulation model for Mongolia and up-skilling local capacity in this realm.
2016
December 2016
Capacity building in Nairobi: Coordinated bespoke workshop aimed at building capacity in the area of the economics of tobacco control across sub-Saharan Africa.
November 2016
COP7: Attended the 7th Conference of the Parties to the FCTC, which took place in New Delhi, India.
October 2016
Technical assistance in Manila, Philippines: Provided support at the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Workshop for Technical Assistance on Enhanced Tobacco Taxation
September 2016
Knowledge Hub Collaboration in Melbourne, Australia: Provided training on tobacco taxation as part of the McCabe Centre's annual training course.