Reflecting the value of networking and sharing of local experience, the Global Network has established 20 national / regional networks across 14 countries.
Click on the name of a country below for more information about each national / regional network. For contact details please contact the Coordinating Centre.
The Global Network encourages healthcare services to make contact with their local network to benefit from these existing structures.
Healthcare services can still join the Global Network if no existing networks are available to join in their country or region.
More information about joining as a single member can be found here.
In addition to the healthcare service membership, our Associate membership (non healthcare services) which include public health organisations, academic institutions and non Government Organisations (NGO’s), we have representation across 12 countries.
Australia
Joined: 2011
Number of healthcare service members: 31
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 3
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Project Health
Network Director/Coordinator: Dr Rudi Gasser
Contact name: Fiona Landgren
Website: www.smokefreevictoria.com.au
Austria
Joined: 2011
Number of healthcare service members: 24
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 3
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Austrian Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Care Institutions (ONGKG)
Network Director/Coordinator: Angelika Kresnik
Contact name: Angelika Kresnik
Website: http://www.ongkg.at/
Czech Republic
Joined: 2017
Number of healthcare service members: 10
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Ministry of Health of The Czech Republic
Network Director/Coordinator: Lenka Stepankova
Contact name: Veronika Stejskalová
Website: www.slzt.cz/ / http://www.mzcr.cz/KvalitaABezpeci/obsah/nekuracke-nemocnice-a-zdravotnicka-zarizeni_3778_29.html
Estonia
Joined: 2005
Number of healthcare service members: 6
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 1
Network Director/Coordinator: Dr Kaja Põlluste
Contact name: Jane Freimann
Website: www.tai.ee
Finland
Joined: 2009
Number of healthcare service members: 17
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Finnish Health Promotion Hospitals (HPH)
Network Director/Coordinator: Dr Tuula Vasankari
Contact name: Patrick Sandstrom
Website: www.steso.fi
France
Joined: 1999
Number of healthcare service members: 670
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: RESPADD
Network Director/Coordinator: Nicolas Bonnet
Contact name: Nicolas Bonnet
Website: www.respadd.org
Georgia
Georgian Network of Smokefree Hospitals - GNSH
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Joined: 2020
Number of healthcare service members: 5
Coordinating institution/organisation: FCTC Implementation and Monitoring Center in Georgia
Network Director/Coordinator: Prof. George Bakhturidze
Contact name: Prof. George Bakhturidze
Germany
Joined: 2003
Number of healthcare service members: 123, 10 Bronze, 23 Silver
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 4
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: German Network for Tobacco Free Healthcare Services / Health Care Plus UG
Network Director/Coordinator: Christa Rustler
Contact name: Christa Rustler
Website: http://www.dnrfk.de/
Ireland
Joined: 2001
Number of healthcare service members: 65
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 1
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Tobacco Free Ireland Programme, Health Service Executive
Network Director/Coordinator: Edward Murphy
Contact name: Edward Murphy
Website: http://www.hse.ie/eng/about/Who/TobaccoControl/campus/
Netherlands
Joined: 2018
Number of healthcare service members: 8
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Dutch Addiction Association
Network Director/Coordinator: Dr Robert C. van de Graaf
Contact name: Rianne Kasander
South Korea
Joined: 2013
Number of healthcare service members: 7
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 1
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Korea HPH Network
Network Director/Coordinator: Dr Dongwon Lee
Contact name: Dongwon Lee
Website: www.ensh.kr
Spain
- The Andalusian Network of Smoke-Free Hospitals & Health Services (RAHLH)
Joined: 2010
Number of healthcare service members: 460
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 5
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Plan Integral de Tabaquismo de Andalucía (PITA) - Comprehensive Tobacco Action Plan for Andalusia
Network Director/Coordinator: Daniel J. López Vega
Contact name: Ana María Ruíz Bernal
Website: www.pitablog.es
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Aragonese Network of Smoke free Hospitals & Health Services
Joined: 2014
Number of healthcare service members: 5
Contact name: Marta Alquézar Fernández
Website: no public website
- Red Asturiana de Hospitales libres de Humo
Joined: 2012
Number of healthcare service members: (not available)
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: (not available)
Network Director/Coordinator: Manuel Angel Martínez Muñiz
Contact name: Manuel Angel Martínez Muñiz
Website: Not currently available
- Red Cántabra de Centros Sanitarios Sin Humo
Joined: 2015
Number of healthcare service members: 15
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Public Health Department of the Cantabria’s Government
Network Director/Coordinator: Dr Luis Gutierrez
Contact name: Luis Gutierrez Bardeci
Website: http://www.saludcantabria.es/index.php?page=rccssh0
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Red de Centros Sanitarios Libres de Tabaco de la Región de Murcia
Joined: 2005
Number of healthcare service members: 17 hospitales y 86 Centros de Salud
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Servicio de Promoción de Salud y Educación para la Salud. Dirección General de Salud Pública. Consejería de Sanidad.
Network Director/Coordinator: Olga Monteagudo Piqueras, Adelaida Lozano Polo
Contact name: Adelaida Lozano Polo
Website: http://murciasalud.es/redcentrossanitarioslibrestabaco
- Red Basque Health Organizations Libres de Humo / Smoke-Free Health Organization Network
Joined: 2019
Number of healthcare service members: 7
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 1
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: OSAKIDETZA Basque Public Health Service
Network Director/Coordinator: María Luz Peña González
Contact name: María Luz Peña González
Website: Not currently available
- Xarxa Catalana d'Hospitals sense Fum - Catalan Network of Smokefree Hospitals.
Joined: 1999
Number of healthcare service members: 83
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 10
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Tobacco Control Unit/Catalan Institute of Oncology
Network Coordinator: Dr Esteve Fernández
Contact name: Laura Antón
Website: www.xchsf.cat
Sweden
Joined: 2009
Number of healthcare service members: 62
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: HFS Sweden (HPH Network Sweden)
Network Director/Coordinator: Mattias Jonsson
Contact name: Mattias Jonsson
Website: Not currently available
Switzerland
Joined: 2013
Number of healthcare service members: 23
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 2
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: Forum Tabakprävention in Gesundheitsinstitutionen Schweiz (FTGS)
Network Director/Coordinator: Susann Koalick
Contact name: Susann Koalick
Website: http://www.ftgs.ch/
Taiwan
Joined: 2011
Number of healthcare service members: 213
Current Gold Forum members (from 2017 onwards): 20
Coordinating Institution/Organisation: 中華民國衛生福利部國民健康署 / Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health & Welfare, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Network Director/Coordinator: Chao-Chun Wu, M.D.
Contact name: Vicky Hsu
Website: Not currently available
While the membership of the Global Network is comprised of healthcare services, we value and welcome the involvement of other organisations and individuals who support the work of the Global Network and wish to collaborate towards achievement of shared goals. Associate membership is available to:
- public health organisations, academic institutions or Non Government Organisations (NGO’s)
- Individual health professionals, academics or other interested parties
Public organisations who coordinate a national/regional network are automatically considered associate members. For contact details please see the members list above.
Health professionals / Interested parties
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Department of Public Health and Social Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Contact name: Dr Lukasz Balwicki
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Försäkringskassan (Social Insurance Agency, Sweden)
Contact name: David Chalom
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Netherlands – Gelderland (Slingeland Hospital, Doetinchem)
Contact name: Hubertina Klein
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Pakistan - Islamabad
Contact name: Muhammad Anees
- Southern Illinois University
Contact name: Joan Davis
Website: www.atsu.ed
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Sweden (Centre of Labour Market Research, Linnaeus University)
Contact name: Associate Professor Lennart Delander
Contact name: Brit-Marie Delander