UNU International Institute for Global Health

27/04/2016

http://iigh.unu.edu/news/news/iigh-visiting-research-fellow-receives-book-award.html

27/04/2016

http://iigh.unu.edu/news/news/iigh-calls-for-sustainable-bauxite-mining-in-malaysia.html

20/04/2016

UNU-Vie (Bonn) seeks a Communication Associate to carry out writing and editing, strategic communications, and media relations/outreach tasks.

31/03/2016

http://unu.edu/about/hr/academic/research-officer-unu-iigh.html

UNU-IAS (Kuala Lumpur) seeks a Research Officer to work with the Systems Thinking and Place-based Methods for Healthier Malaysian Cities project.

19/02/2016

http://iigh.unu.edu/events/conference/international-conference-on-environmental-occupational-health-iceoh-2016.html

Under the motto Professional and Practitioners Collaboration: A Gateway to Sustainable Future ICEOH 2016 will highlight the key scientific approaches used in environmental and occupational health for a sustainable future. UNU-IIGH is not just a sponsors, but Research Fellow Prof Jamal Hashim will b…

19/02/2016

http://iigh.unu.edu/events/conference/opportunities-for-the-critical-decade-decoupling-wellbeing-from-environmental-pressures-and-impacts.html

The second wave of industrialization and urbanization in many developing countries, and continuing economic growth and consumption in industrialized countries, have led to an acceleration of natural resource use, climate change and a suite of related environmental impacts with a diverse range of pot…

19/02/2016

PUBLIC TALK

Health Impact Assessment – a pathway to a healthier & sustainable future
11am–12pm, Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Venue: UNU-IIGH Building, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur

Contact: Dr Cheah Swee Neo, 03-91715394 ext 106, [email protected]

ABSTRACT

Interactions between environment and health are central to many of the major health challenges facing the world today. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) provides a framework to evaluate these interactions and provide critical information for decisions regarding development and policy-making.

This talk will focus on the following issues:
An introduction to the WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Impact Assessment
An overview of the climate change and health vulnerability guidelines
Interactions between urban planning and health – a case study of systems approaches in HIA
The power of HIA in incorporating community concerns regarding sustainable development
Capacity building for HIA in the region

Speaker: DR HELEN BROWN

Dr Helen Brown directs the WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) and is teaching lead for the Occupation and Environment group in the School of Public Health, Curtin University, Australia.

Helen has been working at the WHO Centre for over ten years, providing advice and undertaking research on environmental health issues in conjunction with WHO and countries in ASEAN, and the Western Pacific Region more generally. She is particularly interested in the role of HIA and multi-disciplinary research to develop strategies that address health impacts of global challenges such as climate change, urbanisation and sustainable development. She co-authored a comprehensive guide for health impact assessment of climate change that has been used for projects in Vanuatu, Nauru and the Solomon Islands and for UNFCCC training across three continents.

Helen’s current research focuses on the interactions between health and environment in urban areas and has used a combination of HIA and systems approaches to support planning for a climate-resilient future in Perth. She teaches students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in a range of occupational and environmental health topics.

18/02/2016

UNU-IIGH is co-organising the 6th International Public Health Conference with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) from 31 May to 1 June 2016.

http://www.pubhealthcollo.org/pubhealthcollo.asp

The Conference is jointly organized by the Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine UKM and the United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health. The annual National Colloquium and International Conference bring together many members and non-members and provides an exce…

28/01/2016

http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/01/26/healthy-and-happy-souls-make-the-city-liveable-morshidi/

22/01/2016

http://iigh.unu.edu/events/conference/22nd-iuhpe-world-conference-on-health-promotion.html

The 22nd IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion will take place in Curitiba, Brazil between 22 and 26 May 2016. The aim is to create a global forum where researchers, practitioners and policy makers involved in and concerned about the promotion of health and equity will share and discuss new kno…

22/01/2016

http://iigh.unu.edu/news/news/mitigating-climate-change-through-mass-public-transportation.html

Transportation is one of the key engines of urban and economic development. However, the increasing reliance on private motorized transport in cities has not only caused the over-capacity of urban infrastructures, it brings about harmful environmental and public health effects. Various studies in th…