Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 20
A two-day national roundtable consultation on ‘Best practices for tobacco control’ organised by the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER, in collaboration with the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, New Delhi, began here today.
Prof Sonu Goel, chief organiser of the event, welcomed the experts from 10 organisations working on tobacco control in India. Dr L Swasticharan, Chief Medical Officer, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, was the chief guest. He laid emphasis on the importance of such consultations for sharing best healthcare practices. He talked about innovations in various domains of tobacco control.
The inaugural presentation was done by Dr Rana J Singh, Deputy Regional Director, South East Asia, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, who deliberated upon best practices undertaken during the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) implementation in India.
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