Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on 31 May, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has announced the opening of applications for its annual World No Tobacco Day Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The award aims to recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions of individuals, organisations, and government agencies working to combat tobacco use in the Maldives. The initiative forms part of the country\u2019s broader efforts to promote a healthier, tobacco-free society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through this award, HPA seeks to acknowledge those actively engaged in tobacco control, including efforts in advocacy, public awareness, education, and policy implementation, while encouraging continued commitment in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eligibility is open to individuals and entities that have made significant contributions to reducing tobacco use and protecting public health. This year\u2019s award places special focus on initiatives aligned with the theme, \u201cUnmasking the appeal \u2013 countering nicotine and tobacco addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HPA has invited eligible applicants and nominators to submit their entries via email to tobaccofreemaldives@hpa.gov.mv<\/a> before the deadline of 2 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on 31 May, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has announced the opening of applications for its annual World No Tobacco Day Award. The award aims to recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions of individuals, organisations, and government agencies working to combat tobacco use in the Maldives. The initiative forms part of the country\u2019s … Continue reading “HPA Opens Applications for World No Tobacco Day Award”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7343,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7341\/revisions\/7343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}