Department of Community Medicine & Public Health held the third organising committee to plan and review the progress updates for the upcoming 5th National Conference for Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) 2020. The meeting was organised under the chairmanship of Prof. Amarjeet Singh, HoD Department of Community Medicine &School of Public Health. The 5th National Conference is scheduled to be held at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh from 25th to 27th September 2020.
While welcoming the members of organising committee, Prof Amarjeet Singh said that we are looking forward to make the conference unique than the previous held conference. Dr Sonu Goel, Organising Secretary NCTOH, briefed the committee regarding the conference. He said that over 800 delegates from across the country are expected to take part in the conference.
Apart from Dr Goel, Dr Ravindra Khaiwal, Additional Prof, PGIMER; Dr Mahesh Devnani, Assiciate Prof, PGIMER; Dr Manoj K Sharma, Asst. Prof, Centre of Public Health, PU; Dr Arpit Gupta, Asst Prof, OHSC, PGIMER; Dr Rakesh Gupta, DHS Punjab; Dr Sushma Kumari; lecturer, NINE, PGIMER, Mr Rajeev Choudhary, Project Coordinator, PGIMER attended the organising committee meeting.
After the meeting, the organising committee launched the Annual Calendar 2020 for the promotion of NCTOH. Chandigarh has already made its presence on global map by being first ‘Smoke Free City’ of the country. The event is expected to consolidate the efforts in this direction and to maintain the status of Chandigarh as ‘smoke free city’.
The three-day event will focus on diverse public health issues and challenges in tobacco control at the national and sub-national level along with the context-specific solutions for their replication towards achieving tobacco free environment.
The conference format will include plenary sessions, panel discussions, symposia, oral presentation, poster discussions, and workshops on many aspects of tobacco control.
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