Dr. Walter Mulombo, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Nigeria, says the world body is set to scale-up programmes in 22 countries to help people to quit tobacco use. He made this known on Monday in Abuja at a news conference to mark the 2021 World No Tobacco Day.
World No Tobacco Day is annually marked on May 31 to raise awareness on the harmful effects of tobacco smoking and has “Commit to Quit” as theme of the 2021 edition. The representative said, “the World No Tobacco Day is to remind everyone that tobacco kills half of its users.”
He added that Nigeria was selected as one of the 22 countries for the WHO scale-up programmes, especially at the primary health care and community levels.
He explained that “the programme will include the setting up of a toll-free quit line and the pilot of a WHO supported mobile cessation (mCessation) programme for a period of 9 – 12 months.
“This will be through the use of pre-designed WhatsApp toolkit and Facebook Messenger in different languages.”
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Dr. Walter Mulombo, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Nigeria, says the world body is set to scale-up programmes in 22 countries to help people to quit tobacco use. He made this known on Monday in Abuja at a news conference to mark the 2021 World No Tobacco Day.
World No Tobacco Day is annually marked on May 31 to raise awareness on the harmful effects of tobacco smoking and has “Commit to Quit” as theme of the 2021 edition. The representative said, “the World No Tobacco Day is to remind everyone that tobacco kills half of its users.”
He added that Nigeria was selected as one of the 22 countries for the WHO scale-up programmes, especially at the primary health care and community levels.
He explained that “the programme will include the setting up of a toll-free quit line and the pilot of a WHO supported mobile cessation (mCessation) programme for a period of 9 – 12 months.
“This will be through the use of pre-designed WhatsApp toolkit and Facebook Messenger in different languages.”
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Dr. Walter Mulombo, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Nigeria, says the world body is set to scale-up programmes in 22 countries to help people to quit tobacco use. He made this known on Monday in Abuja at a news conference to mark the 2021 World No Tobacco Day.
World No Tobacco Day is annually marked on May 31 to raise awareness on the harmful effects of tobacco smoking and has “Commit to Quit” as theme of the 2021 edition. The representative said, “the World No Tobacco Day is to remind everyone that tobacco kills half of its users.”
He added that Nigeria was selected as one of the 22 countries for the WHO scale-up programmes, especially at the primary health care and community levels.
He explained that “the programme will include the setting up of a toll-free quit line and the pilot of a WHO supported mobile cessation (mCessation) programme for a period of 9 – 12 months.
“This will be through the use of pre-designed WhatsApp toolkit and Facebook Messenger in different languages.”
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Dr. Walter Mulombo, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Nigeria, says the world body is set to scale-up programmes in 22 countries to help people to quit tobacco use. He made this known on Monday in Abuja at a news conference to mark the 2021 World No Tobacco Day.
World No Tobacco Day is annually marked on May 31 to raise awareness on the harmful effects of tobacco smoking and has “Commit to Quit” as theme of the 2021 edition. The representative said, “the World No Tobacco Day is to remind everyone that tobacco kills half of its users.”
He added that Nigeria was selected as one of the 22 countries for the WHO scale-up programmes, especially at the primary health care and community levels.
He explained that “the programme will include the setting up of a toll-free quit line and the pilot of a WHO supported mobile cessation (mCessation) programme for a period of 9 – 12 months.
“This will be through the use of pre-designed WhatsApp toolkit and Facebook Messenger in different languages.”
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