Air Quality and Public Health : Stories

Workshop on Global Burden of Disease: Air Pollution amongst top killers in India

A joint initiative of the Centre for Science and Environment, Indian Council of Medical Research and Health Effects Institute

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Date: February 13, 2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 1 pm - 6 pm
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Kathmandu Dialogue Air Quality and Transportation Challenge in South Asia: An Agenda for Action

A joint initiative of the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi and Ministry of Physical Planning, Works and Transport Management, Government of Nepal 
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Kathmandu workshop photos
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Dialogue on Air Pollution and our health: Photos

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Briefing Note: Dialogue Air Pollution and Our Health

August 31, 2011
 
Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Centre for Science and Environment joined hands with Indian Council for Medical Research and Indian Medical Association to organize a dialogue with the noted doctors – (respiratory physicians, cardiologists, pediatricians, oncologists), the air quality regulators, and health experts to track the newer concerns over health risks of polluted air.

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Orientation Programme on Urban Transportation Reforms for Liveable Cities

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is organising a three-day orientation programme, ’Urban Transportation Reforms for Liveable Cities,’ in New Delhi from November 21 – 23, 2012 for policy makers from different cities of India and South Asia. The objective of this forum is to promote good regulatory practices in air quality and mobility management. Many Indian and South Asian cities have already begun to develop action plans in response to the national air quality management policies and urban transport policies to achieve clean air and sustainable mobility.
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Workshop on Toxic Air and Our Health: Dialogue with Doctors

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi
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Dhaka CNG workshop photos

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Tracking Winter Pollution in Delhi 2010

Time to breath easy is over, air pollution is reaching critical levels again this winter. CSE has reviewed the daily air quality data generated by the Central Pollution Control Board and others.
(Air pollution facts. pdf)
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Perception survey: Outdoor air pollution and its impact on our health

The latest Global Burden of Disease report, a global initiative involving a network of international health bodies and the World Health Organisation has shown outdoor air pollution as one of the top 10 killers in the world. In South Asia including India, it is ranked as the sixth most dangerous killer, -- three places behind indoor air pollution, which is the second highest killer in the region. Air pollution makes everyone, the rich and the poor, equally vulnerable.

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