This document presents the proposed Regional Action Plan on Air Quality for the period 2026–2029. This new Plan aims to consolidate and expand on the achievements of the previous period, address emerging priorities, and, most importantly, strengthen the mobilization of resources and establish structured and sustainable financing for regionaland national action. It recognizes that without adequate ...

This report presents a study led by Tanya L. Alderete, a recipient of HEI’s 2019 Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award, at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. Alderete and colleagues examined whether prenatal or postnatal exposures to air pollution were associated with changes in the infant gut microbiome and fecal metabolome during the first 2 years of li...

This report presents a study led by co-principal investigators Payam Dadvand and Jordi Sunyer at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Dadvand, Sunyer, and colleagues examined the effects of prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution on fetal growth and placental function in a newly established cohort of 1,080 women living in Barcelona, Spain.Key takeaways:The study found t...

Air quality is an important social, economic and environmental driver within the EU and globally. Exposure to poor air quality is attributed to detrimental human health conditions, environmental degradation and associated economic costs for individuals and public services. This study assesses the health and environmental impacts specific to exposure to O3 across the EU and selected Member States u...

Measurement of exhaust emissions from vehicles during normal, on-road operation is key to any effective system for controlling air pollution in the transportation sector. It is essential to detecting discrepancies between certification-test performance and actual, “real-world” vehicle emissions, whatever the cause of the performance gap—equipment failure, normal deterioration with use, or delibera...

Successive waves of motorization across the world have significantly enhanced the movement of people and goods. Motorization has improved the access of individuals and communities to a much wider range of social and economic opportunities, and the access of producers to much bigger markets far and wide. However, these benefits also come at a cost, impacting health, resource consumption, and even a...

Regulatory enforcement and inspections is a relatively new and understudied element of regulatory policy that has been gaining importance recently. The major challenge for governments is to develop and apply enforcement strategies that deliver the best possible outcomes by achieving the highest possible levels of compliance, while keeping regulatory costs and administrative burdens as low as possi...

Practical guidance on building results frameworks for programmes/projects, including defining results chains, indicators, and performance monitoring plans....

Globally, road traffic crashes cause nearly 1.3 million preventable deaths and an estimated 50 million injuries each year – making it the leading killer of children and young people worldwide. As things stand, they are set to cause a further estimated 13 million deaths and 500 million injuries during the next decade and hinder sustainable development, particularly in low and middle-income countrie...

The document (UNECA/AU) sets post‑2020 strategic directions and an African Road Safety Action Plan for 2021–2030, arguing road traffic deaths and injuries remain a major development challenge in Africa, with a higher fatality risk than other regions and illustrative country examples.​It targets at least a 50% reduction in deaths and injuries by 2030 using a Safe System approach, calling for strong...