BEST-COST EU

💡 The @EPHconference 2024 shone light on the need for research to be the foundation of effective action. For this to happen, researchers must work closely with policymakers to translate science into policy. 📃 Read our takeaways: lnkd.in/eiZhHvy7

😷 Understanding the #EnvironmentalBurdenOfDisease can help us to improve policy measures to lessen the health inequalities from environmental stressors. Learn how the #BestCostEU project is working on this for air and noise #pollution ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=VnLVDV…

😷 The health burden from air and noise pollution is getting harder and harder to ignore. 💥#BestCostEU has developed a new framework to assess socioeconomic inequalities in the health burden of air and traffic-related noise pollution. best-cost.eu/communication-…

☕️ Fancy a quick read before the winter break? Check out the latest #BestCostEU newsletter: crm.eurohealthnet.eu/civicrm/mailin… From research meetings to international conferences, the BEST-COST team is exploring the health costs of air and noise pollution with key partners #HorizonEurope

🔍Focus sur janvier et février 2023 🎓 lancement de notre nouveau catalogue de #formations interne. 📝 lancement de la 7e édition de son #enquête nationale de #santé. 🌿 Sciensano coordonne le projet européen @BestCostEU qui vise à évaluer le #coût socio-économique des facteurs de #stress environnementaux en #Europe. Plus d'infos 👇 sciensano.be/sites/default/…

🌫 The EU has now formally adopted its Ambient Air Quality Directive – an important step in reducing air pollution 📑 Read the @MeteorResearch policy brief on the role of science in implementing effective action: meteor-research.eu/wp-content/upl… #HorizonEU

It's a wrap on the #BestCostEU General Assembly 👏🏻 Last week we met to touch base on our work: from updating calculations on #BurdenOfDisease and #HealthImpactAssessment, to Willingness to Pay surveys, to looking ahead at implementing our methodologies in case study countries 👀

🌫 Why is #AirQuality a socioeconomic issue? Around 99% of the planet breathes air that the World Health Organization considers polluted, but it is the most marginalised who suffer the most from dirty air, and this widens already existing inequalities. #CleanAirNow

The latest #BestCostEU newsletter is out! 📄 New scientific articles from partners 🖥️ Upcoming consensus meetings 🙋🏼 Where to find us at conferences Read now: crm.eurohealthnet.eu/civicrm/mailin… #HorizonEU

🔊 BEST-COST partners wrote this @WHO_Europe report: 'Disability weights for noise-related health states in the WHO European Region' 🔉 Understanding #DisabilityWeights can help see how #noise impacts our health to shape effective policy action who.int/europe/publica…

🌱 On #WorldEnvironmentDay we cannot ignore the threat of air & noise #pollution on our health #BestCostEU sets out to improve research methodologies for better policies to reduce health and environmental threats: best-cost.eu #HorizonEurope

👏🏻 Welcome news that the European Parliament has accepted the revised Ambient #AirQuality Directive! Member States will face more pressure to adhere more closely to the WHO guidelines, a necessary step to show commitment to protecting our health #AAQD best-cost.eu/vote-on-the-re…

#AirPollution is weakening children’s attention span, new @ISGLOBALorg suggests Researchers found that exposure to nitrogen dioxide during the initial 2 years of life correlated with reduced attention capacities in children between the ages of 4 and 8 ⤵️ bit.ly/446HA6v

📣 140 scientists, health & environment experts from Belgium call on politicians to take measures to tackle #AirPollution in Brussels. 🚗💨 Over 900 Brussels residents die prematurely each year due to poor air quality. #CleanAir4Cities ow.ly/IpYb50RaAIO

🚉 Our #MeteorEU partner #UBDPolicy is hosting a workshop on Cost-benefit Analyses in Transport: Applications and Developments to guide policymakers in improving transport infrastructures in urban areas Join them on 9 April! meteor-research.eu/ubdpolicy-work… #HorizonEU

Yesterday the EU reached an agreement on the #AirQuality Directive to set stricter air pollution limits from 2030: 🍃 Closer alignment to WHO standards, however a 10-year extension granted to countries 🍃 Easier for people to seek justice and compensation consilium.europa.eu/nl/press/press…

Driss Samri of @cstb_fr spoke at the #EVIA event 'Elevating #IndoorAirQuality in European Politics' to emphasise the need to address socioeconomic disparities caused by health impacts of pollution - work that, he mentioned, is core to the #BestCostEU project #AirPollution

🌬 #BestCostEU is researching the health costs of air and noise #pollution 🎧 Our #HorizonEU project will improve research methodologies and propose policy actions to protect the planet and our health Discover more from our brochure ➡️ best-cost.eu/communication-…

🫁 Dear @VSinkevicius: health experts all over Europe are calling for ambitious #CleanAir4Health standards! 🍃 Being able to breathe clean air shouldn't depend on where you live. We need an #AAQD agreement that doesn't allow delays or exemptions. 👉 bit.ly/3wngqLB

💵🫁The economic costs of unhealthy air are greater than the costs of taking action to improve #AirQuality. 🇪🇺⚠️Delays in implementing stricter air quality directives will lead to greater economic and health costs for EU member states. 👉🏾isglobal.org/en/-/improving…