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June 2018
Global Environmental Health Newsletter
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GEH at NIEHS Updates from the GEH program

Global Environmental Health Day 2018 Highlights Research Translation and Lessons Learned

NIEHS held its third annual Global Environmental Health Day on June 6, bringing together over 100 global environmental health professionals, NIEHS staff, researchers from diverse disciplines, policy experts, and students to discuss important issues in research translation and share lessons learned.

GEH Day Attendees

New Insights on Mercury Exposure from Artisanal Gold Mining

Recently published papers look at how mercury exposure from artisanal and small-scale gold mining has impacted the health of populations in South America.

How mercury can enter our environment

Coming Together as One to Solve Global Environmental Health Problems

This spring, the iCOMOS conference brought researchers, government health officials, policy experts, and others from 35 countries to Minneapolis, Minnesota to build capacity and collaborations to solve global One Health problems.

Impact of Air Pollution on Health

WHO Launches Campaign for a "Pollution Free Generation"

NIEHS experts have worked with WHO to develop a new initiative aiming to integrate environmental health into children’s basic healthcare, called Pollution Free Environment for Healthy Generations.

Grants and Funding

Grants of interest to GEH researchers

Upcoming Events

International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Annual Meeting
August 26 - 30, 2018
Ottawa, Canada

Triangle Global Health Consortium Annual Conference
September 27, 2018
Raleigh, North Carolina

Third Global Conference on Health and Climate
October 2018
Geneva, Switzerland

Water and Health Conference
October 29 - November 2, 2018
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health
October 30 - November 1, 2018
Geneva, Switzerland

APHA Annual Meeting
November 10 - 14, 2018
San Diego, California

AGU Fall Meeting
December 10 - 14, 2018
Washington, DC

CUGH 2019 Global Health Conference
March 8 - 10, 2019
Chicago, Illinois

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NIEHS identifies Global Environmental Health (GEH) as a part of its strategic themes, recognizing that because environmental health problems cross national boundaries, conducting studies around the world benefits not just those in areas being studied, but all people who suffer from the same or related environmental health problems.