Members In Focus: Youth activist, Elvis Ndikum, shares his hopes for achieving clean air

Apr 1, 2025

My name is Elvis Ndikum from Cameroon, and I’m a clean air advocate leading the Global Youth Strategy on Air Pollution and Climate Health (GYS).  GYS works on mobilizing global action through advocacy to address air pollution and its impact on climate health....

Clean Air, Healthy Lives: New Roadmap Launched to Aid Governments Tackle Air Pollution Ahead of WHO Conference

Mar 20, 2025

Cartagena, 20 March 2025:- Ahead of next week’s WHO conference on the health impacts of air pollution, health professionals are calling for governments to urgently protect their populations from the deadly health impacts of polluted air and to ramp up investment in...

Policy Brief: Clean Air, Healthy Lives: A Policy Roadmap for Health Systems to Tackle Air Pollution

Mar 18, 2025

Air pollution, primarily driven by the burning of fossil fuels, is one of the greatest public health threats globally, contributing to 7 million premature deaths annually and exacerbating the climate crisis. The same pollutants that harm human health also contribute...

Second WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health: Why it is a pivotal moment

Mar 17, 2025

GCHA Members from the Latin America Network share their experiences of how air pollution is damaging the lives of their patients and communities.    Next week, governments, health leaders, researchers, and multilateral organisations will gather in Colombia for...

Associated Press: Scientists raise concerns as the US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide

Mar 6, 2025

Associated Press, March 6, 2025: By TAIWO ADEBAYO and SIBI ARASUThe U.S. government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and...