The Global Network for Tobacco Free Healthcare Services congratulates and welcomes thirteen (13) GOLD Forum members from Austria (2),  Catalonia –Spain (2), Germany (1), Estonia (1), Taiwan (6) and Ireland (1).

The 2019 GOLD Forum Event was held in Warsaw, Poland on Wednesday 29th May  as part of the 27th International Conference of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services (HPH) Tobacco Free Pre-conference. 

Download the event summary

This section of the pre-conference featured presentations (in the form of e-posters)  from the 13 Global Network member healthcare services who succeeded in the 2018 GOLD Forum Process.  The successful 2019 GOLD Forum member healthcare services include:

• Stiftung Maria Krankenhaus (Austria)   - download e-poster
• Tartu University Hospital (Estonia)   - download e-poster
• China Medical University Hospital (Taiwan)   - download e-poster
• Far Eastern memorial Hospital (Taiwan)   - download e-poster
• Renal Branch, Taipei City Hospital (Taiwan)   - download e-poster
• Taichung Veterens General Hospital (Taiwan)   - download e-poster

Renewed members

• Sonderkrankenanstalt Rehabilitationszentrium Weyer (Austria) - download e-poster 
• Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)   - download e-poster
• Fundació Privada Hospital Asil Granollers (Catalonia, Spain)   - download e-poster
• Fachkrankenhaus Coswig (Germany)  - download e-poster 
• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda (Ireland)   - download e-poster
• Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (Taiwan)   - download e-poster
• Chung Shan Medical University Hospital  (Taiwan)   - download e-poster

• Tobacco free in Healthcare Services - Why & How? - (Dr Rudi Gasser, GNTH Coordinator) - download presentation
• Designing comprehensive smoking cessation services - (Łukasz Balwicki, MD, PhD - Department of Public Health and Social Medicine,
  Medical University of Gdansk, Poland) - download presentation
• GOLD Process 2018: highlights and challenges  - (Susann Koalick, GOLD Process Lead) - download presentation