Enhis ()

ENHIS, ENvironment and Health Information System

About ENHIS

The ENHIS project, an international effort co-funded by the European Commission and coordinated by WHO/Europe, was carried out in two phases. As a follow-up of the first ENHIS project, ENHIS-2 ran from 2005 to 2007 and started the operation of a comprehensive information and knowledge system to help identify, prioritize and address wide-spread environmental health problems in countries and to enable monitoring the effects of actions taken.

The project involved a wide range of countries, promoting the practical application of the methods developed in most European Union countries, and provided practical training to public and environmental health personnel in monitoring the relevant policies and actions. The methodologies and reports developed are being widely disseminated.

Specifically, the information system was designed to enable:

  • monitoring the environment and health situation and trends and evaluation of the effectiveness of policies in the countries of the pan-European region;
  • comparisons across countries on the basis of targets set in European-wide action programmes;
  • regular reporting on environment and health to support decision makers and to provide information to professionals and the general public;
  • exchange of information, data and knowledge as well as good practice examples in the field of public health and the environment.

Project coordination and management

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, European Centre for Environment and Health, Bonn Office (http://www.euro.who.int/ecehbonn)
Leader of Work Package 1 - Project coordination, Work Package 2 - Dissemination of results, Work Package 4 - Update of the core set of environmental health indicators

Contact person(s): Michal Krzyzanowski, Dafina Dalbokova (info@ecehbonn.euro.who.int)

Partner institutions

Austria: Austrian Health Institute, Vienna (http://www.oebig.at);

Contact person(s): Charlotte Wirl (office@oebig.at)

Bulgaria: Ministry of Health, Sofia (http://www.mh.government.bg);

Contact person(s): Masha Gavrailova (mgavrailova@mh.government.bg), Hristina Mileva (hmileva@mh.government.bg)

Czech Republic: National Institute of Public Health, Prague (http://www.szu.cz);

Contact person(s): Ruzena Kubinova (kubinova@szu.cz), Vladimira Puklova (puklova@szu.cz)

Estonia: Health Protection Inspectorate, Tallinn (http://www.tervisekaitse.ee/tkuus.php);

Contact person(s): Jüri Ruut (kesk@tervisekaitse.ee)

Finland: National Public Health Institute, Kuopio (http://www.ktl.fi/portal/english);
Leader of Work Package 3 - Information needs of environmental health policies

Contact person(s): Matti Jantunen (matti.jantunen@ktl.fi), Eva Kunseler

France: Institute for Public Health Surveillance, St Maurice (http://www.invs.sante.fr);

Leader of Work Package 7 - Health impact assessment

Contact person(s): Sylvia Medina (s.medina@invs.sante.fr)

Germany: Institute of Public Health North Rhine-Westphalia, Bielefeld (http://www.loegd.nrw.de);

Contact person(s): Thomas Claßen, Rainer Fehr (rainer.fehr@loegd.nrw.de), Odile Mekel (odile.mekel@loegd.nrw.de), Sarah Sierig

Greece: National School of Public Health, Athens (http://www.nsph.gr)

Contact person(s): Alexandra Katsiri (akatsiri@central.ntua.gr), Olga Cavoura (olga.cavoura@gmail.com)

Hungary: National Institute of Environmental Health, Budapest (http://efrirk.antsz.hu/oki)
Leader of Work Package 6 - Support to the network of national collaborating centres

Contact person: Anna Páldy, Tibor Málnási (igazgatosag@oki.antsz.hu)

Italy: Agency for Environmental Protection and Technical Services, Rome (http://www.apat.gov.it/site/en-GB);

Contact person: Luciana Sinisi (urp@apat.it)

Lithuania: State Environmental Health Centre, Vilnius (http://vasc.sam.lt);

Contact person: Ingrida Zurlyte, Aida Laukaitiene (vasc@takas.lt)

the Netherlands: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven ( http://www.rivm.nl/en);
Leader of Work Package 8 - Information processing, analysis and reporting

Contact person(s): Anne Knol (anne.knol@rivm.nl), Brigit Staatsen (brigit.staatsen@rivm.nl)

Poland: Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health (http://www.imp.sosnowiec.pl);

Contact person: Maja Muszynska-Graca (m.muszynska@imp.sosnowiec.pl)

Portugal: General Directorate of Health, Lisbon (http://www.dgs.pt);

Contact person(s): Paulo Diegues (diegues@dgs.pt)

Romania: Institute of Public Health, Bucharest (http://www.ispb.ro);
Leader of Work Package 5 - Methods for generating information from existing data sources

Contact person(s): Adriana Galan (directie@ispb.ro, agalan@ispb.ro)

Slovakia: Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava (http://www.uvzsr.sk);

Contact person(s): Katarina Halzlova (halzlova@uvzsr.sk), Gabriela Slováková (slovakova@uvzsr.sk)

Slovenia: National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana (http://www.ivz.si);

Contact person(s): Peter Otorepec (peter.otorepec@ivz-rs.si)

Spain: Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Barcelona (http://www.aspb.cat);

Contact person(s): Manuel Gonzalez-Cabré (mgcabre@aspb.cat)

Spain: Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada (http://www.easp.es);

Contact person(s): Piedad Martin Olmedo (piedad.martin.easp@juntadeandalucia.es)

Spain: Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid (www.isciii.es);

Contact person(s): Manuel Posada de la Paz (mposada@isciii.es)

European Child Safety Alliance, Amsterdam, Netherlands (http://www.childsafetyeurope.org);

Contact person(s): Joanne Vincenten (j.vincenten@childsafetyeurope.org), Morag MacKay (m.mackay@childsafetyeurope.org)

Collaborating institutions

European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark (http://www.eea.europa.eu);

Contact person(s): Dorota Jarosinska (dorota.jarosinska@eea.europa.eu)

French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, Maisons-Alfort, France (http://www.afsse.fr);

Contact person(s): Salma Elreedy (afsset@afsset.fr)

European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc);

Contact person(s): Peter Pärt (peter.part@jrc.it), Andreas Skouloudis (andreas.skouloudis@jrc.it)

Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm (http://www.socialstyrelsen.se);

Contact person(s): Ing-Marie Olsson (Ing-Marie.Olsson@socialstyrelsen.se)

Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom (http://www.hpa.org.uk)

Contact person(s): Patrick Saunders (Patrick.saunders@hpa.org.uk), Lorraine Stewart (Lorraine.stewart@hpa.org.uk)