About us
VHAI’s Journey in Tobacco Control
With a vision of making health and development a reality for the people of India, VHAI has over 50 years of experience in innovative models of sustainable health care particularly at the grassroots level.
VHAI is amongst the pioneers of tobacco control at National, State and District level. Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh are some of the States, where VHAI has been at the forefront on tobacco control programs.
Our focus is to safe-guard the public from second hand smoke; children and young adults from initiating tobacco use and gaining access to tobacco products.
Providing Technical Support to Government of India on Tobacco Control Initiatives
Our Vision
VHAI works very closely with Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on wide-ranging public health issues and with other key departments like Labour, Rural Department, Skill Development, Women and Child Development
Objective & Purpose of the website
- To create a participatory information network across the nation that helps knowledge sharing through latest updates of news and activities.
- To disseminate information about the existing research and laws on tobacco and the violations that take place at the policy and grass-root levels.
VHAI has been nominated as a Member of many Committees of the Government of India particularly meant for Tobacco Control, such as:
- Task Force on Tobacco Control, Working Group on Disease Burden (Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases) for the formulation of the 12th Five Year Plan
- Committee to Review COTPA and suggest appropriate amendments
- Task Group on Tobacco Prevention and Control under Non-Communicable Diseases Working Group
- Technical Advisory and Monitoring Committee regarding 2nd Round of Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS India 2)
- Technical Expert Committee for National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke
- Expert Committee for Development of New Specified Health Warnings
- Nasha Mukti Abhiyan Task Force under National Health Policy 2017
- National Technical Working Group on School Health Curriculum under Ayushman Bharat.
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