HEAL’s work in the Balkan region focuses on air pollution, climate change, and coal power’s contribution to health damages. We work with the main health actors such as Public Health Institutes, Ministries of Health, health organisations, and grassroots initiatives working towards clean air.
We also run the Unmask My City campaign in the region, continuously raise awareness on the health toll caused by fossil fuel energy and call for fair, efficient and sustainable energy systems that will cut down air pollution and energy poverty in the region.
Contact person:
Vlatka Matkovic Puljic, vlatka@env-health.org, +32 (0)2 234 36 46
Health professionals demand clean air for Tuzla and Lukavac in Bosnia
26th February 2018
Doctors and health groups have issued an urgent call to improve air quality in Tuzla and Lukavac (Bosnia and Herzegovina), joining the global Unmask My City campaign for clean air, and inviting doctors region wide to join.
Boosting Health by Improving Air Quality in the Balkans
13th December 2017
This briefing provides an assessment of the health benefits and saved costs that will be achieved when air
pollution control following Energy Community rules are in place for coal and lignite power stations in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia in the Western Balkans, and demonstrates that quick and comprehensive action to drive down emissions will boost the benefits.
Reducing air pollution from coal power plants in the Western Balkans would save thousands of lives annually
13th December 2017
Swift and significant emission cuts by Europe’s top polluters under new rules would boost health and reduce healthcare costs.
Chinese run for investments in the Balkans: Construction of new coal power plants affects health of citizens
29th November 2017
Chinese investments in a new coal power plant unit in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, could jeopardize local health standards and the environment.
