The Union co-manages the Bloomberg Initiative [BI] to Reduce Tobacco Use Grants Program in partnership with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The programme awards funds to projects delivering high-impact tobacco control interventions, based on MPOWER, in low- and middle-income countries. Priority is given to countries with the highest prevalence of tobacco use.
Our priority countries are: China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, Philippines, Brazil, Ukraine and Mexico. In the third quarter of 2019 The Union was managing 79 active grant projects.
To date 1,060 grants worth over US$175 million have been awarded by The Union and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids through the BI Grants Program.
