Regional Centre for Environmental Health Action

Centre for Environmental Health Activities building in JordanThe building housing WHO's country office in Ammam, Jordan, was the first building in the Region to be awarded LEED certification

The Regional Centre for Environmental Health Action (CEHA) is a centre of excellence for environmental health. It provides technical support to countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region to reduce the toll of morbidity and premature mortality caused by modifiable environmental risk factors.

CEHA provides technical guidance, programmatic support, advisory consultations and related services to Member States and partner agencies to heighten the leadership role of the public health sector in regulation, surveillance and management of environmental risks in the fields of:

  • water and sanitation
  • waste management
  • air quality
  • food and chemical safety
  • vector control
  • environmental health emergency management.

It also coordinates WHO’s support in other cross-cutting issues, such as climate change, sustainable development, knowledge management and environmental health risk communications.

News

13 June 2023 – A regional expert consultation was held on 6–8 June 2023 in Amman, Jordan, to harmonize the national ambient air quality standards in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, in line...

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27 September 2022 – In response to requests of countries of the Region for support in implementing the WHO chemical road map in order to enhance health sector engagement in the strategic...

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26 September 2022 – In line with the regional fFramework for addressing air pollution and health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 2017–2022. The Climate Change, Health, and Environment programme of the Department...

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In focus

21 July 2022 – The Regional Centre for Environmental Health Action (CEHA), in collaboration with the WHO country office in Kuwait and the Ministry of Health of Kuwait, organized...

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8 November 2020 – Health risk assessment, management, and communication are critical parts of the decision-making process for chemical management regulatory programs and environmental regulations. The human...

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Events

10 December 2020 – Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region joined other countries of the world in celebrating the eighth International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week during the period 25-31 October 2020....

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23 November 2015 – The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean's Regional Centre for Environmental Health Action (CEHA) is organizing an Intercountry meeting on analysis and assessment of drinking...

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