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Public Health Capacity Buliding for Strengthening in South Eastern Europe
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Rescent news
- December 6, 2007
- In the framework of the Component Three of the above project, a SEE regional training workshop on designing and...
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- July 26, 2007
- National Meetings on Capacity Building in Tobacco Control 07 – 08 December 2006, Skopje, The Federal...
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- July 18, 2006
- Intersectoral workshop in Bled, Slovenia. 11-13 October 2006. As a part of project component 2, WHO Regional...
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- July 17, 2006
- Our new website is now online. The web site features accessible information structure, and is aimed at delivering...
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Rescent events
- Zagreb
- 30 -31 March 2006. Regional Technical meeting Zagreb
- Sofia
- 29-30 September 2005. Sofia Regional intergovernmental consultation
- Sofia
- 1 October, 2005. Regional technical meeting Sofia
- Paris
- 12- 14 May, 2005. Regional technical meeting Paris
- Zagreb
- 31 March-1 April, 2005. Regional technical meeting Zagreb
About the project
Tobacco is among the single largest causes of premature mortality. As part of the Initiative for Social Cohesion, the Project addresses an issue that has received little attention so far in SEE: building capacity for a wide range of tobacco control measures. Building this capacity in countries will lead in the long-term to the improvement of the population health status in the region.
Project components
The project consists of four components:
- Raising awareness and building capacity for the entry into force of the FCTC in the Region
- Improving the knowledge and skills of policy makers and public health leaders in comprehensive tobacco control
- Information campaigns aimed at increasing the awareness of and supporting the public in the implementation of tobacco control policy
- Increasing institutional and human capacity to provide smoking cessation services in the region
Component 1 - Duration: March 31, 2005 - April 1, 2006
- Activities performed during Project Component 1:
- The First Intersectoral regional Conference of High Level Governmental Authorities from SEE on Entry into Force of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), Sofia, Bulgaria, September 2005.
- National Intersectoral Meetings on FCTC
- Review of national legislation in light of the FCTC
- Review of economic aspects related to tobacco in the region
- Study on the prevalence of smoking in the region
Component 2 - Duration: April 1, 2006 - April 1, 2007
- The objectives of Project Component 2 are:
- To overview measures that are most effective in reducing tobacco use and related death and disease by bringing examples of how and with what successes they were implemented elsewhere
- To emphasize the importance and effectiveness of demand-side measures in reducing tobacco consumption
- To emphasize the need of using fiscal policy to advance public health
- To discuss economic analysis of the demand for tobacco, including the effect of cigarette prices and tobacco taxes and how to conduct elasticity-of-demand studies to determine optimal levels of taxation
- To analyze impact of tobacco control policies on employment, tobacco control and smuggling
- To set up comprehensive tobacco control and the role and activities of key stakeholders (ministries of health, finance, agriculture, Institutes of public health, schools of public health, NGOs)
Regional Project Manager
Dr. Marta Čivljak
Dr. Marta Čivljak
Andrija Štampar School of Public Health
Rockefellerova 4
10 000
Zagreb
Croatia
+ 385 98 296 682
mcivljak@snz.hr
World Health Organization - Regional Office for Europe staff
Dr. Haik Nikogosian
Deputy Director
Division of Technical Support,
Reducing Disease Burden
+ 45 39 17 13 53
+ 45 39 17 18 18
han@euro.who.int
Dr. Maria Haralanova
Regional Adviser, Public Health Services
SEE Health Network Secretariat,
Division of Country Support
+ 45 39 17 15 13
+ 45 39 17 18 18
mah@euro.who.int
Ms. Kristina Mauer-Stender
Technical Coordinator, responsible for daily management of the project in the Regional Office
+ 39 06 48 77 561
kmr@ecr.euro.who.int
