Table 3 Governance structures and committees
Governance Structures | Cameroon | Kenya | Nigeria | Malawi | South Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inter-ministerial committees | For tobacco | – | Tobacco Legislation | For drugs and alcohol | All policies |
Parliamentary committees | – | Tobacco legislation | None | All policies | |
Interdepartmental units | – | -NCD unit -Nutrition unit | NCD Division, Tobacco Unit Nutrition unit | -NCD Unit -Health Education Unit for healthy lifestyle promotion | – |
Multi-sectoral expert/Technical working group/Taskforce | EWG for tobacco replaced in 2015 by the national multi-sectoral committee for tobacco control | – | NCD strategic plan/action plan Tobacco Legislation | Task Force for Alcohol Policy development National NCD sub-Technical Working Group | All NCD policies |
Departmental Committees | Nutrition policies | Tobacco and Nutrition Policies | MOH Senior Management Committee | ||
Joint Budgeting | None | None | None | None | None |
Delegated financing | None | None | None | None | None |
Public engagement | – | – | Tobacco policy | Alcohol policy | All NCD policies |
Stakeholder engagement | Done for some tobacco and alcohol policies | Tobacco and alcohol policies | -Tobacco and Nutrition Policies -NCD strategic plan/action plan | Alcohol policy | Done for all policies |
Industry Engagement | Done during Tobacco and alcohol tax policy development process | Done to a small extent during the tobacco control policy process | Tobacco policy development | Done during Alcohol policy development process | All NCD policies |