Work packages

 

The Aphekom project is organised into WPs (work packages) designed to meet the information needs of its audiences. Their separate but related tasks are grouped as follows:

Health Impacts and Policy: Novel Approaches (WP4)

Coordinated by Nino Künzli, Centre for Research in Environ mental Health, CREAL, Barcelona, Spain, and Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Swiss TPH, Basel, Switzerland

  • Estimate how many people live next to traffic pollution in different European cities  

     
  • Evaluate how many cases of chronic and acute cardio-pulmonary disease could be prevented among Europeans if fewer people were living near traffic pollution, and determine which factors would contribute to maximizing these benefits

     
  • Evaluate how recent findings on the health effects of air pollution allow us to express these benefits in a manner more relevant for policy makers and the general public

     
  • Apply these findings to case studies to understand how they vary across different cities in Europe

 

  • Quantify monetary costs of health impacts

An interview with Nino Künzli

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 Health Impacts and Monetary Costs of Air Pollution: Using the Latest Scientific Evidence (WP5)

Coordinated by Christophe Declercq, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, InVS, Saint Maurice, France

  • Perform standardised health-impact assessments of urban air pollution using
    latest scientific evidence (exposure-response functions)

     
  • Deliver new guidelines for defining study areas applicable to the varied topographic, climatic and air-pollution situations across Europe

     
  • Analyse the sensitivity of HIA results to particle correction factors and to differences
    in health-care and health-information systems across Europe

     
  • Develop methods and guidelines and identify data needs for evaluating monetary costs of health impacts of air pollution

An interview with Christophe Declercq

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 Health Impacts of Implemented Policies in Air Pollution (WP6)

Coordinated by Patrick Goodman, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland

  • Develop innovative methods to analyse the decrease in air pollution levels following implementation of a European regulation

     
  • Follow the evolution of health risks over time

     
  • Track related effect modifiers

     
  • Quantify monetary costs of health impacts of the implemented regulation

An interview with Pat Goodman

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 Sharing Knowledge and Uncertainties with Stakeholders (WP7)

Coordinated by Yorghos Remvikos, Versailles Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines University, Versailles, France

  • Identify and prioritise uncertainties in the assessment of health impacts of air pollution. Determine how these uncertainties interfere with the many steps in the decision-making process

     
  • Investigate with stakeholders ways to promote on-going dialogue between producers and users of the information provided

An interview with Yorghos Remvikos

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 Communication and Dissemination (WP2)

Coordinated by Hanns Moshammer, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  • Communicate focused information to all those who need to know using diverse local and European media, organisations and events

An interview with Hanns Moshammer

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 Evaluation (WP3)

Coordinated by Manuel Nebot, Agencia de Salut Publica de Barcelona, ASPB, Spain

  • Conduct ongoing, internal evaluation of the project to ensure it achieves its objectives and has the desired impact on its target groups

 

An interview with Manel Nebot

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 Coordination (WP1)

Coordinated by Sylvia Medina, InVS, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Saint-Maurice, France, and Bertil Forsberg, UMU, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

  • InVS and UMU , two European institutions that have proven their ability to manage large, international projects over the years, coordinate the Aphekom project.

     
  • The Aphekom management team includes professionals experienced in scientific and administrative issues, advised by a steering committee whose members are drawn from each WP team. An external scientific committee advises on the project’s different areas.

An interview with Sylvia Medina, Bertil Forsberg and Aymeric Ung

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 Aphekom centres

  • The Aphekom project comprises experienced participating institutions from 25 cities in 12  EU member states that have already demonstrated their skills in previous projects.

     
  • This firmly established, multi-disciplinary network of professionals will provide a wide range of exposure, health and social characteristics for the Aphekom case studies.

An interview with Klea Katsouyanni, Athens centre

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An interview with Anna Paldy, Budapest centre

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