Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022.
Indicador Monitoring and Evaluation Tool

Interactive tool

Summary

Background

Tobacco use remains a major public health problem. It is the main preventable risk factor for the four main groups of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).1 In 2012, NCDs were responsible for almost 80% of all deaths in the Region of the Americas 35% of which were premature (occurring between the ages of 30 and 70) (1). Tobacco control is therefore key to reducing premature mortality from these diseases.

The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) contains all the measures proven effective in reducing the smoking epidemic. However, 12 years since its entry into force and despite the fact that 30 Member States of the Region are Parties to the Convention, its measures have not been uniformly implemented by the countries. Furthermore, implementation is slowing. The Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022 offers a roadmap for prioritizing key provisions of the Convention that will enable the Member States to accelerate its implementation to meet targets established for the reduction of tobacco use and premature deaths from NCDs.

Monitoring and Evaluation

The Strategy and Plan of Action will help to achieve Outcome 2.1 of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2014-2019 (“Increased access to interventions to prevent and manage noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors”), and indicator 2.1.2e of Output 2.1.2 of the Proposed Program and Budget of PAHO 2018-2019 (Number of countries and territories implementing policies, strategies, or laws in line with the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control). Since 2007, information for the indicators of the first three strategic lines of action has been systematically and uniformly compiled for the 35 Member States on a biennial basis for the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic. Therefore, this task will not increase the Member States’ commitments to provide that information. The only new information that they will need to submit is linked to the fourth strategic line of action. To that end, the Bureau will add a few additional questions to the form used for the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic. A mid-term report will be prepared for the PAHO Governing Bodies in 2020, and a final report, in 2022.

Indicator Monitoring and Evaluation Tool

The Indicator Monitoring and Evaluation Tool is an interactive visualization aiming to monitore the progress and assess the attaiment of set targets of the Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control indicators. Using several types of visual forms, the tool facilitate the dissemination of information to member States'health authorities, health professionals, decision- and policy-makers, and the public about the state of the implementation of a selection of public health interventions to reduce tabacco use.

Contributors

Ramon Martinez

Specialist, Health Metrics. NCD Risk Factors and Nutrition Unit, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization

Adrianan Bacelar F Gomes

Specialist, Tobacco Surveillance. NCD Risk Factors and Nutrition Unit, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization

Maxime Roche

International PAHO Consultant. NCD Risk Factors and Nutrition Unit, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization

Francisco Armada Perez

Advisor, Tobacco Control. NCD Risk Factors and Nutrition Unit, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization

Rosa Sandoval

Advisor, Tobacco Control. Unit Chief, NCD Risk Factors and Nutrition Unit, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization

Citation

Pan American Health Organization. Indicator Monitoring and Evaluation Tool. Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022. PAHO. Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 2020.