Projects
The PHFI Centre for Environmental Health has undertaken several impactful projects within the broad domain of Environmental Health. These projects underscore the Centre’s commitment to addressing critical environmental health challenges through research, policy advocacy, and community engagement.
2011
1.
Title: Climate Change & Heat Health Research
Funding Agency: Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC)
2.
Title: Climate Change Health Adaptation
Funding Agency: Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)
2012
3.
Title: Environmental & Genetic Determinants of Obesity & Diabetes in India
Funding Agency: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
4.
Title: Infection Control Practices and Biomedical Waste Management Training
Funding Agency: Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand
2013
5.
Title: WASH AND CLEAN on The Labour Ward: A Situation Analysis in India and Bangladesh
Funding Agency: The University Court of The University of Aberdeen (UNIABDN)
6.
Title: WASH in Maternity Units in India and Bangladesh
Funding Agency: SHARE (DFID), WSSCC and The Soapbox Collaborative
7.
Title: Organizing A One Health Symposium and Strengthening The One Health Hub in India
Funding Agency: Massey University
2014
8.
Title: Secretariat Support To The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Steering Committee on Air Pollution and Health Related Issues
Funding Agency: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India
9.
Title: Heat Action Plan
Funding Agency: National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
2015
10.
Title: Health and Environmental Implications of Low-Carbon, Climate-Change Resilient Diets in India
Funding Agency: Wellcome Trust through London Shool of Hygiens & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
11.
Title: WASH Beyond Maternity Units in India (Multi-centric)
Funding Agency: World Health Organisation (WHO)- SEA
12.
Title: HCWH-LANCET-Healthy Energy Initiative, A project of Health Care Without Harm With The Support of The Lancet Commission
Funding Agency: Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)
13.
Title: Strengthening Heat Action Plan
Funding Agency: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
14.
Title: Cardiovascular Health Effects of Air Pollution in Andhra Pradesh, India
Funding Agency: CREAL-Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology
15.
Title: Public Health Foundation of India-University of Queensland (PHFI-UQ) Training Workshop in Children’s Environmental Health
Funding Agency: International Society for Development Origins of Health And Disease
16.
Title: WHO-Public Health Foundation of India-University of Queensland (PHFI-UQ) Training Workshop in Children’s Environmental Health
Funding Agency: World Health Organization (WHO)
17.
Title: DST-Public Health Foundation of India-University of Queensland (PHFI-UQ) Training Workshop in Children’s Environmental Health
Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
2016
18.
Title: Contribution Towards The Research Activities of The Centre of Excellence on Environmental Health
Funding Agency: Tata Sons Designated Funds
19.
Title: Establishment of A Collaborative Centre of Excellence on Environmental Health in Partnership With The TISS
Funding Agency: Tata Consultancy Services
20.
Title: Air Pollution and Health, GEOHealth Hub Research and Capacity Building Program
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
21.
Title: Strengthening Capacity For Research, Communication and Advocacy in Air Pollution
Funding Agency: Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)
22.
Title: Assessment of Environmental Health Impacts in Industrial Clusters in India
Funding Agency: Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)
23.
Title: Adequate Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Funding Agency: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
24.
Title: Global Resillience Partnership Project (GRP)- Women’s Action Towards Climate Resilience for Urban Poor in South Asia
Funding Agency: Mahila Housing SEWA Trust (MHT) through KPMG East Africa Limited
25.
Title: Environmental Health Awareness Project
Funding Agency: Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance
26.
Title: South Asia Climate Proofing and Growth Development CPGD – Climate Change Innovation Programme (CCIP)
Funding Agency: Inter Cooperation Social Development (ICSD)
27.
Title: HUL Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan WASH Behavior Change Program Evaluation For Dhaulpur in Rajasthan
Funding Agency: Hindustan Unilever (HUL)
28.
Title: Rajasthan Climate Change Project
Funding Agency: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
2017
29.
Title: Mariamman Says to Wash Away Germs
Funding Agency: UBS Optimus Foundation Through Emerson college
30.
Title: Country Assessments For Environmental Health For Clean Household Energy & Health Country Reports
Funding Agency: World Health Organization (WHO)
31.
Title: Improving WASH in Maternity Units and Labor Rooms of HCFs In Gujarat
Funding Agency: Centre For Environmental Health (CEH), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
32.
Title: Capacity Assessment and Provision of Medical Facilities with Respect to Occupational Health in Ship-Recycling in Wider Alang, India
Funding Agency: Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
33.
Title: Ambient And Indoor Air Pollution On The Risk of Low Birth Weight and Ensuing Effects In Infants (APPLE): A Cohort Study In South India
Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry Of Science And Technology, Government of India
34.
Title: Joint International Conference of PHFI/PBC On Environmental Health And Sustainable Development
Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Through The Pacific Basin Consortium (PBC)
35.
Title: Development And Testing of Heat Action Plan In 3 Cities of India – HAP
Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India – DST
2018
36.
Title: Study of The Impact of Environmental Factors (Air Quality And Exposure To Ultra Violet Radiation, UVR) – Phase II
Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
37.
Project Title: Heat Stress Assessment of Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Funding Agency: Integrated Reseach And Action For Development (IRADe)
38.
Title: WASH Assessment and Training on WASH Improvement in Public Healthcare Facilities of Assam
Funding Agency: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
39.
Title: NRDC’S Activities on Air Pollution in Indian Cities, Specifically Ahmedabad
Funding Agency: National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
40.
Title: NRDC’S Activities on Air Pollution in Indian Cities, Specifically Ahmedabad
Funding Agency: Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe)
41.
Title: Situation Analysis and Need Assessment of Occupational and Industrial Health Services in GIDC Estates in Gujarat
Funding Agency: Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC)
2019
42.
Title: To Support NRDC’s Activities on Air Pollution and Heat Health in Indian Cities
Funding Agency: National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
43.
Title: Situational Analysis and Risk Assessment of Lead Exposure to Employees at Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
Funding Agency: Dariba Smelting Complex
44.
Title: National Health Conclave on Climate Change and Health – Role Of The Health Sector
Funding Agency: GAIL India Ltd. Through Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
45.
Title: Climate Change and Health
Funding Agency: Professional Development Associates, Inc.
46.
Project Title: WHO-IEC Manuals On Air Pollution
Funding Agency: World Health Organization (WHO)
47.
Title: WASH Assessment in Private Gynec and Pediatric Hospitals, Sabarkantha, Gujarat
Funding Agency: Government Of Gujarat, India
2020
48.
Title: Baseline Assessment to Address Air pollution in Amritsar And Gurugram
Funding Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
49.
Title: Assessment of Vulnerability and Threshold of Heat- Related Health Hazards in Four Cities of India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, West Bengal)
Funding Agency: National Disaster Management Authority
50.
Title: Training On Disaster Management
Funding Agency: Public Health Foundation Of India – Self Sustainable
51.
Title: E-Learning Courses For Climate Change And Health
Funding Agency: World Health Organization (WHO)
52.
Title: Morbidity Due to Pesticide Exposure Among Farmers
Funding Agency: Department Of Agriculture, Gandhinagar
2021
53.
Title: One Health Intersectoral Collaboration and Health Services During COVID-19: A Multi-Stage, Multi-Level Mixed-Methods Study in Ahmedabad, India (CoV-Intersect)
Funding Agency: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
54.
Title: Climate Health And Air Pollution Research in India (Chair India): Addressing Gaps In Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Funding Agency: Karolinska Institute
55.
Title: Promoting WASH In Anganwadi Centers in Sabarakatha, Gujarat, India
Funding Agency: Government of Gujarat, India
56.
Title: Ahmedabad Health Co-benefits Study
Funding Agency: National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)/ Wellcome Trust
57.
Title: Vegetables As Vehicle for AMR (vAMR): An Agroecosystem Exploration from Health Perspective in India
Funding Agency: Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia Through One Health and Urban Transformation Project, Germany
58.
Title: The Interaction Between Formal Social Protection and Social Capital in Ensuring Resilience to Food Insecurity (SPFS) In Ahmedabad, India
Funding Agency: Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia Through One Health and Urban Transformation Project, Germany
59.
Title: Establishing A Partnership With The Government Of Andhra Pradesh, India To Conduct The First-Ever Randomised Controlled Trial Of Effects Of Organic Farming
Funding Agency: The University of Edinburgh
60.
Title: Climate Health Risk Management in India (Charisma)
Funding Agency: Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Through Flemish Institute for Technological Research
61.
Title: Co-benefits of Largescale Organic Farming On Human Health (Bloom): A Cluster Randomised Controlled Evaluation of Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming
Funding Agency: UK Research And Innovation Through The University of Edinburgh
62.
Title: Dissemination of The Health And Climate Network’s Policy Messages
Funding Agency: Wellcome Trust
63.
Title: Early Child Development And Learning in Deprived Urban Environment: Influence of Pollution (ECD-Urban Pollution)
Funding Agency: DBT/ Wellcome Trust India Alliance
64.
Title: Nutritional, Psychosocial and Environmental Determinants of Neurodevelopment and Child Mental Health (Coincide): An Integrated Assessment Approach Using A Developmental Framework Perspective
Funding Agency: DBT/ Wellcome Trust India Alliance
65.
Title: Two Days Sensitization Cum Capacity Building Workshop On Heat Stress And Heat Related Illness
Funding Agency: Odisha State Disaster Management Authority
66.
Title: National Action Plan For Climate Change and Human Health (NAPCCHH)
Funding Agency: National Centre For Disease Control (NCDC)- IDSP
2022
67.
Title: Are Citizens of Delhi Willing To Stop Using Private Vehicles For Their Daily Office Commute in Order To Reduce Air Pollution And Related Ailments?: A Contingent Valuation Study
Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
68.
Title: Training of Health Professionals And Hospital Administrators in Management of Disasters
Funding Agency: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India
69.
Title: E-Learning Course On Environmental Health
Funding Agency: Public Health Foundation of India – Self Sustainable
70.
Title: Improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene In 9 Health Care Facilities in Canning Subdivision, West Bengal
Funding Agency: Terre Des hommes, India
71.
Title: Co-creating One Health Workforce Through Health System Strengthening in Western India- One Health System Strengthening in India (OHSSIN)
Funding Agency: German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) And the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development -BMZ Germany
72.
Title: Health Impact of Coal Gasifiers in The Ceramic Industry at Morbi
Funding Agency: CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board), GPCB (Gujarat Pollution Control Board)
73.
Title: Project On Health Conditions of Traffic Police – Gujarat Traffic Police Dept.
Funding Agency: Gujarat Police Department
2023
74.
Title: Climate Resilient and Sustainable Health Care System
Funding Agency: Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)
75.
Title: Cross-sectoral Collaborations for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases: A Case Study of Human and Animal Disease Surveillance Systems in Gujarat, India
Funding Agency: Health System Transformation Platform (HSTP), India
76.
Title: Towards The Development of One Health Early Warning System: Autopsy of The Surveillance System for Climate-Sensitive Diseases in India
Funding Agency: Sustainable Development Goal Fellowship Fund, Bonn, Germany
77.
Title: Green And Climate-Resilient Healthcare Facilities in Gujarat
Funding Agency: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Gujarat
78.
Title: Sustainable Healthcare Facilities Landscape in India
Funding Agency: Novo Nordisk Foundation
79.
Title: Characterizing, RevIving, Supporting, Monitoring and MAnaging Sustainable Food Systems to Address Malnutrition in Indigenous Tribal Communities of India: CARISMMA Sustainable Food Systems Study
Funding Agency: The George Institute for Global Health