The collaboration agreement brings together the Ministry of Health and Population, WHO country office and the National Research Institute. Photo credit: WHO. 2 April 2012 – A joint agreement for setting up a tobacco cessation clinic was signed on 2 April 2012 between the Ministry of Health and Population, WHO country office and the National Research Institute. The clinic will be housed at the National Research Institute premises in Dokki, Giza.

The services to be offered at the clinic include individual interventions in the form of behavioural counselling and medication. The clinic also intends to raise the public's awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco and on tobacco cessation. This will be done through awareness programmes, information booklets, and manuals for specific population groups. The clinic will be directly linked to the Monistry's tobacco cessation hotline (16805).