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)2 329 00 82
An ambitious implementation of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans to prevent ill-health and move towards zero pollution
9th November 2020
As leaders are gathering in Sofia this week for the next meeting in the Berlin process, HEAL urges them ambitiously implement the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans to prevent ill-health and move towards zero pollution.
Chronic Coal Pollution Serbia – Making the case for health promoting investments for zero pollution in Serbia
22nd June 2020
Coal combustion is the dominant form of energy generation in Serbia and the Western Balkans,…
A healthy, green and just response to the COVID-19 crisis in the Western Balkans
6th May 2020
The Western Balkan countries are faced with an unprecedented crisis, and the magnitude of public…
Climate action for our health and planetary health
2nd December 2019
Our message on climate action as the biggest opportunity to benefit health today, tomorrow and for future generations is powerful, and should be heard everywhere, writes HEAL's Founder and Executive Director Genon K. Jensen.
Launch of 2019 Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change
13th November 2019
Today, the 2019 Lancet Countdown report has been published, with a focus on children's health and climate change, but also on the potential of transforming children's health through climate action for the better.
