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Introduction to Health Impact Assessment of Air Pollution

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2024
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This presentation was delivered during the Early-Career Training on Air Pollution and Health organised in 2024 by ICIMOD, CAPHER-India, and the Health Effects Institute in Kathmandu, Nepal.

It covers:

  • Policy questions that Health Risk Assessment (HRA) of air pollution answers
  • Measures of risk in population (RR, PAF, number of attributed cases, YLL, DALY)
  • Main elements of risk assessment
  • Uncertainties and limitations of HRA
  • Examples of HRA use in policy making