Unmask my City: Global health professionals initiative for clean air
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is calling on city authorities to clean up the air in Europe and meet the WHO’s air quality guidelines as part of the “Unmask…
NATIONAL OFFICES
HEAL’s secretariat is based in Brussels, at the heart of the European Union. HEAL also has offices in Germany, Poland, Serbia and Turkey.
MEMBERS
HEAL has over 80 member organisations, representing health professionals, not-for-profit health insurers, doctors, nurses, cancer and asthma groups, citizens, women's groups, youth groups, environmental NGOs, scientists and public health institutes.…
Boosting Health by Improving Air Quality in the Balkans
Reducing air pollution from coal power plants in the Western Balkans would save thousands of lives annually
WHO WE ARE
The HEAL secretariat, Executive Committee and membership together work to create healthier environments.
Citizens taking action to get the data on air quality through community monitoring
Where official monitoring of air quality is lacking, citizens can take the matter into their own hands to get informed about air pollution and to protect their health. HEAL has…
Unmask my City: Anti-air pollution campaign launched in Europe
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is calling on city authorities to clean up the air in Europe as part of the “Unmask my City” campaign launched today on World…
€8.5 billion in health costs from Balkan coal plants prompt call for EU policy rethink
Brussels/Sarajevo, 15 March 2016 – First-ever estimates of the huge health costs associated with air pollution from coal power plants in the Western Balkans are released today. (1) The costings…