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Connect and exchange information on tobacco free healthcare service implementation
Utilise evidence-based standards with a process of self-audit to support continuous improvement.
This is a great opportunity for members and non-members to assess your performance against the standards in a new interactive form!
Why go
Tobacco Free?
Healthcare services worldwide play a vital role in proactively addressing the tobacco epidemic in order to protect population health. So, if your healthcare service wants to get involved, this is a great place to start…
What are the Global Standards?
Reviewed in 2015, these evidence-based standards address key elements known to be important in achieving outcomes for tobacco management and tobacco cessation within healthcare services. Together with a process of self-audit, they support sustained commitment and continuous improvement.
Why participate in the GOLD Process?
The GOLD Forum recognises healthcare services working at the highest level of implementation of tobacco control in accordance with the Global Standards. In addition to recognition, the GOLD Forum provides a learning and sharing opportunity for the exchange of good practice.
Global Learning and Sharing Symposium *POSTPONED*
This year's Global Learning and Sharing Symposium, due to be held in Gdansk, Poland on the 9th October 2020, has been postponed to the Spring of 2021. More details will be available shortly.
Global Network General Assembly online meeting
This year's General Assembly will take place online on the 9th October 2020 at 10am Dublin time. Please let the Global Network know by the 2nd October if you would like to participate and if you have any items or topics for the meeting's agenda.
GOLD Process 2020/2021
Follow the link below to learn more about this process including the benefits of participation and how the process will work in light of the COVID-19 situation:
Congratulations GOLD Forum members
The Global Network for Tobacco Free Healthcare Services is delighted to congratulate and warmly welcome 10 members to the Global GOLD Forum:
- Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital (Taiwan)
- Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital (Taiwan)
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center (Taiwan)
- MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei Branch (Taiwan)
- En Chu Kong Hospital (Taiwan)
- Barwon Health (Australia)
- Klinik Bad Reichenhall (Germany)
- Catalonia: Fundació Sanitària Mollet (Spain)
- Basque Country: Osi Tolosaldea (Spain)
- Klinik Barmelweid (Switzerland)
Welcome new Global Network members
The Global Network for Tobacco-Free Health Care Services is pleased to confirm the acceptance of:
- XinXiang Tongmeng Hospital in China, as a member of the Global Network.
- Preventive Health Branch Queensland Department of Health in Australia, as an Associate member of the Global Network.
Coronavirus and Smoking – News from stopsmoking.ch
The Swiss network FTGS of the Global Network recommends the new Swiss national tobacco smoking platform: stopsmoking.ch
This website contains a lot of information, tips and support for smoking cessation. The website is undergoing also a renovation and a lot of new contents will be developed over the next few months.
Current information on how to find out more about Covid 19 and smoking, including videos in 14 languages:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrCKvx4JjQGQxR75My17MolYYyLIm07jP
https://www.stopsmoking.ch/de/ich-informiere-mich/corona/
Covid-19 and smoking is a campaign by AT Switzerland, which has also published a scientific analysis. https://portal.at-schweiz.ch/de/fakten/gesundheit/covid-19-und-rauchen
Other events
International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services
*POSTPONED*
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the 28th International HPH Conference will be postponed. More information will be available in the coming months in regard to the re-organization of the conference.
People have died from tobacco-related diseases since the opening of the first FCTC working group on 28 October 1999
The Death Clock keeps a running tally of how many people have died from tobacco related diseases since 28 October 1999. That’s the date of the first meeting of the working group on the future World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)..
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