New Initiative aims at expanding Global Burden of Disease estimates for pollution and climate

摘要

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)held a workshop in Seattle (March 1 and 2, 2018) to plana new Initiative—the Global Burden of Disease (GBD)-Pollution and Health Initiative—to increase knowledgeon the contributions of pollution and climate to theGBD study. The workshop attracted 60 attendees fromaround the world, including experts in environmentalhealth research, economics, and policy; senior scientistsbased at IHME; and representatives from the USNational Institute for Environmental Health Sciences,environmental non-governmental organisations, the UNEnvironment Programme, and major foundations .