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USA-350 [Headquarters]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre in Environmental Health

Director / Head: 
  Dr Beth Feingold
  Dr David Carpenter




Institution:
  Institute for Health & the Environment
  State University of New York at Albany
Address:
  5 University Place, A217
  12144
  NY
Town:
  Rensselaer
Country:
  USA
Region:
  AMRO
Phone:
  Tel - (518) 525-2660
Fax:
  Fax - (518) 525-2665
Date of Designation:
  25/Jul/2011
Last Redesignation:
  25/Jul/2023
Expiry:
  25/Jul/2027
Terms of Reference:
  1. To provide WHO/PAHO with technical support for the development of evidence-based policies and interventions, appropriate to different local and international needs 
  2. To support WHO/PAHO towards strengthening capacities on children’s environmental health and vulnerable groups 
  3. To provide support to WHO/PAHO to prepare information documents and publications on children’s environmental health 
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Subjects:
  1. Chemical safety 
  2. Environmental health and hazards other than those specifically mentioned 
  3. Child & maternal health 
Types of activity:
  1. Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.) 
  2. Training and education 
  3. Collection and collation of information 
WHO Outputs:
  3.3.1 - Countries enabled to address environmental determinants, including climate change
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  ONYON Lesley Jayne
Phone:
  +41 22 791 1258
Email:
  onyonl@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  PEIXOTO BOISCHIO Ana Amelia
Phone:
  +1 43577
Email:
  boischioa@paho.org
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork