According to Dr Krithiga Shridhar, Centre for Environmental Health at PHFI and the lead scientist of the study, the findings possibly highlight a modifiable risk factor for gallbladder cancer. “The study may address the Jal Jeevan Mission-2024, which is completely aligned with Sustainable Development Goals for equitable, clean, and safe drinking water,” Dr Shridhar said. Read the full news article here: https://www.eastmojo.com/assam/2023/01/16/arsenic-in-water-of-assam-bihar-adds-to-gallbladder-cancer-risk-study ..read more

“The study assessed arsenic exposure of the study participants based on their residential history since childhood and the average concentration of groundwater arsenic at district-level. “Obtaining long-term residential history since childhood with information on potential sources of drinking water, is an important contribution of this study to the existing evidence base. Preliminary insights from this study can also be useful for similar country contexts that experience a high burden of gallbladder cancers and arsenic contamination in drinking water”, said Dr. Krithiga Shridhar, lead author of ..read more

“Climate crisis is a health crisis. Health professionals should be taking the lead in making it very loud & clear that it’s important to address the issue” ‘Poornima Prabhakaran: advocate for health in a changing climate’ a profile of Dr.Poornima Prabhakaran, Deputy Director, Centre for Environmental Health, Public Health Foundation of India by Aarathi Prasad was published in The Lancet. Read the full profile here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01493-3/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR3v3RERbBYoZeT-l1Yv6Qcep29daI-p2U00IjnprfM996gKsbg0K4Fx5wQ#articleInformation ..read more

Visit this new webpage for latest updates and more information about the GEOHealth India Hub: https://www.geohealthindia.org/ About the Hub: A fully integrated research and training program aiming at air pollution and cardiometabolic diseases with policy relevance to improve health of Indians. The GEOHealth study aims to accelerate scientific infrastructure development, enhance capacity, and support research needed to fully characterize the relationship between air pollution and cardio-metabolic (CM) risk factors and diseases in India. The project further aims to build a critical core of envir ..read more

The COINCIDE project aims to evaluate how multiple factors in a child’s immediate environment, individually and in combination, impact their development and mental health in the first decade of life starting from pregnancy. This is a collaborative Team Science Grant study supported by DBT/WT India Alliance & a joint initiative by the Public Health Foundation of India, Centre for Environmental Health, IPH Bengaluru, Sangath, St. John’s Research Institute. Follow their Twitter handle for more details and updates: https://twitter.com/COINCIDE_2021 ..read more

Air pollution causes and exacerbates a number of diseases, ranging from asthma to pulmonary illnesses and heart disease. In accordance with recent estimates by the World Health Organization, exposure to air pollution is thus a more important risk factor for major noncommunicable diseases than previously thought. Air pollution is the largest contributor to the burden of disease from the environment. The impact of air pollution on human health is of growing concern as research unravels more links between several serious diseases among various age groups and air pollution. You can access posters ..read more

On 4th June 2021, National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health (NPCCHH), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India organised a webinar titled ‘Ecosystem Restoration: Role of Health Sector‘ , in observance of the World Environment Day 2021. The webinar was aimed at inspiring the state and district level program officials across all States and Union territories in India to adopt green and climate resilient measures at all levels of health care and was attended by nearly 350 state –level health officials. Centre for Environmental Health, the “Centre of Excellenc ..read more

BLOOM is a community-based, cluster randomised controlled evaluation of Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming (APCNF) led by the University of Edinburgh and the Public Health Foundation of India in partnership with  Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS), APCNF. RySS clusters will be the unit of randomisation; intervention households will receive training in APCNF practices immediately following baseline and control households will receive the same training after 24 months. The primary outcomes will be (1) pesticide exposure, (2) dietary diversity, (3) househo ..read more