The ILA Briefing is a periodic newsletter that is aimed at informing stakeholders on projects and activities that the organisation or its partners has carried out, is currently undertaken or intends to carry out in the future. Below are some of the issues that have been published:

Issue No. 1: The Media and Tobacco Control In Kenya: Building a Case for ‘The Right Information’

This briefing gives a summary, including findings and recommendations of a survey conducted to establish the level of understanding and reporting of tobacco control in the media, training of journalists and monitoring of media reporting of tobacco and tobacco control issues. The survey was conducted as a follow up to a 2008 baseline assessment report that highlighted the fact that tobacco and tobacco control reporting featured negligibly in both print and electronic media as compared to other high risk societal issues such as HIV, Reproductive health and the environment. The report also indicated that the media, being highly reliant on advertising and marketing is vulnerable to pressure from the tobacco industry

Issue No. 2: Gender, Women and Tobacco

The briefing highlights the gender dimension in tobacco control, in particular it reflects on women’s health and tobacco control by addressing the ever increasing smoking rates among women.

ILA will be hosting a Media Breakfast to highlight the need for a review of the Mental Health Act (1991) as well as point out the significance of objective informed reporting.