Who we are
WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Rome, Italy
To understand the important link between the environment and health, WHO/Europe’s ECEH – which has offices in Bonn, Germany and Rome, Italy – addresses a wide range of questions, including the following:
- What foods are unsafe to eat?
- How can transport be healthy?
- How can health be protected from climate change?
- How can safe water and adequate sanitation be ensured across the European Region?
- How can violence and injuries be prevented?
ECEH Rome collects and evaluates scientific evidence, develops policy advice and provides technical assistance on eight areas: children’s health and environment, food safety, global change and health, health-enhancing physical activity, health impact assessment, transport and health, violence and injury prevention, and water and sanitation.
It actively contributes to the environment and health process initiated by WHO/Europe in 1989.
In addition to resources from WHO and donations, ECEH Rome receives funding from the Government of Italy. It has about 30 staff.
Address
via Francesco Crispi, 10
00187 Rome, Italy
Tel. (switchboard): +39 06 487751
Fax: +39 06 4877599
E-mail: ecehr@ecr.euro.who.int
Media contact
Cristiana Salvi
Tel.: +39 06 4877543/560
E-mail: press.he@ecr.euro.who.int
See also
- Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health
- Environmental health
- European network for the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA Europe)
- Food safety
- Climate change
- Health impact assessment
- Transport and health
- Violence and injuries
- Water and sanitation
- WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Bonn, Germany