Outreach and Capacity Building

The NIEHS supports a variety of activities that either directly or indirectly provide environmental health science outreach and capacity building in countries outside the United States.

World Health Organization (WHO) International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)(http://www.who.int/ipcs/en/)
The WHO/IPCS was created in 1980 to establish the scientific basis for the safe use of chemicals, and to strengthen national capabilities and capacities for chemical safety. The NIEHS provides support to the WHO/IPCS through a cooperative agreement.

The Framework Program for Global Health(http://www.fic.nih.gov/programs/training_grants/framework/index.htm)
A new initiative to build global health research capacity in the United States and in low- and middle-income countries by supporting the development of innovative, multidisciplinary global health programs

Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) Outreach

EHP (http://www.ehponline.org/), published by the NIEHS, is the leading journal in environmental health sciences worldwide. Much of EHP's content is focused on global environmental health, and the journal has several programs aimed at building science and public health capacity in developing countries.

Open Access

EHP maintains an Open Access policy of providing all content online for free to anyone in the world.

Content Sharing

EHP shares content in the following global information programs:

eGranary Digital Library(http://www.who.int/ipcs/en/)
The eGranary Digital Library provides millions of digital educational resources to institutions lacking adequate Internet access. Through a process of garnering permissions, copying Web sites, and delivering them to intranet Web servers INSIDE our partner institutions in developing countries, we deliver millions of multimedia documents that can be instantly accessed by patrons over their local area networks at no cost.

Online Access to Research in the Environment(http://www.oaresciences.org/en/)
Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers(http://oare.oaresciences.org/content/en/partners.php) , enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of environmental science research.

EHP Chinese Edition
Since 2001, EHP has published a quarterly Chinese edition(http://www.ehponline.org/cehp/) comprising translated news articles, editorials, and selected research articles for distribution in print and online in China for free. This activity is done in partnership with the Shanghai CDC.

African Journals Partnership
EHP is a partner with the Fogarty International Center and the National Library of Medicine in the African Journals Partnership(http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2004/112-15/editorial.html), a program to build capacity in science journals in African countries. As part of its involvement, EHP partners with and hosts the online website of the journal Mali Medical(http://www.ehponline.org/malimed/).

Ciencia y Trabajo
Since 2003, EHP has collaborated in a partnership with the Chilean science journal Ciencia y Trabajo(http://www.cienciaytrabajo.cl/) to provide expertise and supplemental environmental health content for a Spanish-speaking readership.

Meetings and Conference Support

As part of its mission to advance the scientific enterprise, the NIEHS participates in and co-sponsors a variety of scientific and policy-related meetings each year that are relevant to global environmental health.

Upcoming GEH Conferences

3rd Euro-Asian Conference on Hazardous Waste and Human Health(http://www.eaceh.org/conference.php)
Istanbul, Turkey, March 27-30, 2008

International Symposium: Endemic (Balkan) Nephropathy – Reevaluation of Diagnostic Criteria and Public Health Activities(http://www.hdndt.org/forward-kongresWHO.htm)
Bol, Island of Brac, Croatia, April 18, 2008

Central and Eastern European Conference on Health and the Environment: The Environment — A Platform for Health (http://www.ceeche.org/)
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, September 21-24, 2008

Past GEH Conferences

Global Environmental Health Conference(http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2007/global/index.cfm)
San Francisco, California, January 2007

Global Environmental Health Forum
Washington, DC, September 28, 2007

The 12th International Conference of the Pacific Basin Consortium: ENVIRONMENT IN THE 21st CENTURY(http://pbc.eastwestcenter.org/2007ConferenceHome.html)
Beijing, China, October 26-29, 2007

International Society of Environmental Epidemiology(http://www.iseepi.org/conferences/past.html)
Mexico City, Mexico, September 6-9, 2007

SBRP-Interactions with Mexico as a Model for Global Environmental Health Networks(http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2007/sbrpmexi/index.cfm)
Tucson, Arizona, March 12-14, 2007

5th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Human Populations(http://www.environmutagen2007.org/home.php)
Antalya, Turkey, May 20-24, 2007

6th Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Human Populations(http://www.iutox.org/ctdc.asp)
Cavtat/Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 20-24, 2006

Current and Future Challenges in Environmental Health, Toxicology and Food Safety in Central and Eastern Europe(http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2006/easteuro/index.cfm)
Kiev, Ukraine, May 3-5, 2006

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