HERA connects environment, health and climate communities, sectors and policy areas for the interdisciplinary international research cooperation. HERA carries out national, regional, and European consultations with researchers and all other relevant stakeholders to address environment, ecosystem quality, climate and health research needs and gaps. HERA will create a midterm European Health and Environment Research Agenda … Read more
Work of HERA WP4 colleagues on under-researched areas has just been published in Environment International Journal. Their contribution entitled “Setting the European environment and health research agenda –under-researched areas and solution-oriented research” outlines research gaps were identified for 21 predefined areas within 3 main categories: i) classical environment and health paradigm; ii) problem or sector-based … Read more
One of the outcomes of HERA is the identification of research gaps. This deliverable from Work Package 4 – Identifying the research gaps and needs in the area of environment and health – visualizes the results of the assessment of research gaps and derive a description specifically focussing on the multi-dimensional nature of the potential … Read more
Over the last decades there has been a major increase in mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) world-wide. NCDs account for 70% of the 56.4 million world deaths in 2015 (http://www.who.int/gho/ncd/mortality_morbidity/en). Environmental stressors contribute significantly to the NCD burden, and diseases related to pollution may represent up to 16% of total deaths world-wide. In 2012, 23% … Read more
This webinar will be chaired by Dr. Kateřina Šebková from RECETOX, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Our distinguished guest speakers will be exploring some aspects and tools that support the implementation of the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. We will jointly oversee and discuss shared European infrastructures and their capacities supporting environment and health improvements, scientific … Read more
Building forward better in the aftermath of COVID-19 – health, environment, nature and climate change: the building blocks of prevention, resilience and socio-economic recovery of the WHO European Region We are pleased to invite you to the open dialogue “Building forward better in the aftermath of COVID-19 – health, environment, nature and climate change: the … Read more
The EU has adopted its Green Deal programme in December 2019 and followed it in 2020 by adopting a range of new strategies that aim at positively influence quality of our environment, health and target climate change challenges. Further strategies or action plans are now in preparation to be published during 2021.As the EU H2020 … Read more
3.1 Impacts of intervention strategies and physical distancing Impacts of intervention strategies and physical distancing, including cultural and social value aspects, as well as behavioural, lifestyle, economic and ethical aspects (e.g. conflicts between generations). The aim would be to estimate changes in environmental, lifestyle (physical activity, change in diet) and socioeconomic factors (uncertainties, mixed messages … Read more
Dear colleagues, It is our great pleasure to announce the third edition of the Protocol Webinar Series 2020. This time we look at: “Surveillance of COVID-19 virus in wastewater: Where we stand”. Please have a look at the enclosed flyer for further details on the background, contents and programme. WHEN? The webinar will take place … Read more
Environmental and living conditions in urban environments are a key priority as they impact substantially the health and wellbeing of the majority of European citizens. Health statistics indicate that despite higher exposures to negative environmental agents, life-expectancy in Europe is higher in urban than in rural areas. Sustainable mobility, resource usage such as energy consumption, … Read more