Epidemiology and Intervention Research

The low- and middle-income countries of the world face a rising threat to public health from the rapidly escalating epidemic of tobacco use. Through Fogarty funding, the IGTC sets forth a broad strategy for tobacco control research and capacity building in Asia and Latin America. Our overall goal is to establish a network of tobacco control researchers who can work individually and collaboratively to carry out tobacco control research, who can use the resulting evidence to effect policy and behavioral change, and who can also enhance capacity for tobacco control research in their own regions.

Specific Aims

• In-depth training of tobacco control leaders for the region
• Regional training workshops for health professionals that focus on regional needs
• Policy-relevant research

Partners
Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  
National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico  
Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China