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February 2020
Global Environmental Health Newsletter
Learn More About GEH at NIEHS
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Multimedia GEH Podcasts and Webinars
GEH at NIEHS Section
GEH at NIEHS Updates from the GEH program

NIEHS-sponsored Meetings Explore Health Effects of Endocrine Disruptors in Africa

The First and Second African Conferences on Health Effects of Endocrine Disruptors, sponsored by NIEHS, provide a forum to identify the unique environmental health challenges and opportunities facing Africa.

EDC Group Photo

New Studies Examine Air Pollution Exposure and Respiratory Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
New studies on household air pollution add to existing understanding of exposures and their impacts on respiratory health in sub-Saharan Africa.

Chikwawa, a rural district in southern Malawi

Federal Web-based System Helps Local Governments Customize Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center to build capacity to locate relevant data and guidance for climate change adaptation planning.

NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team Webinar Series
Instead of an in-person meeting for winter 2019–2020, the NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) is hosting a series of webinars beginning February 2020.

NIEHS Consults With WHO and WMO on New Integrated Climate Services for Health Initiative
NIEHS recently helped support one of the key first steps in implementing a resolution directing the World Meteorological Organization to develop integrated climate and environment services for health.

Grants and Funding
Grants of interest to GEH researchers

Upcoming Events

New EHP Podcast Release
February 13, 2020
Worldwide

GHIC 2020: Global Health & Innovation Conference
April 4-5, 2020
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

CUGH 2019 Global Health Conference
April 18-20, 2020
Washington D.C.

World Health Assembly
May 18-23, 2020
Geneva, Switzerland

GEH Day 2020
July 1, 2020
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

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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.