The project activities and achievements in three countries in 2016–2017
Greece | Republic of Moldova | Bangladesh | |
Training centres/beneficiaries | Hellenic Thoracic Society Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Institute of Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens | National Centre of Public Health State University of Medicine | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare National Tobacco Control Cell Non-communicable Disease Control Unit of Directorate General of Health Services National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital National Institute for Preventive & Social Medicine |
Activities | |||
Train the Trainer for national training network | 30 future trainers | 30 future trainers | 30 future trainers |
Primary care providers trained on brief tobacco interventions | 183 primary care providers in four cities | 120 primary care providers in four districts | 120 primary care providers in two districts |
Respiratory patients received brief tobacco interventions | 1654 | 5000 | 4000 |
Patients followed up | All 1654 patients were followed up at 1 and 3 months | 756 out of 5000 patients were followed up at 1 month | 2520 out of 4000 patients were reached by phone for 1-month follow up |
Quit rate# among respiratory patients who received brief tobacco interventions | 613 (37.1%) quit in 1 month 361 (21.8%) quit in 3 months | 240 (31.7%) quit in 1 month | 1220 (48.4%) quit in 1 month |
#: 7-day point prevalence abstinence rate.