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