The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new project entitled Estimation of morbidity from air pollution and its economic costs (EMAPEC). This project aims to provide technical support and specialized advice on the harmful effects of air pollution on health and the various morbidities it causes.
The Institute for Clinical and Health Effectiveness (IECS), through its Department of Health Technology Assessment, Systematic Reviews and Health Economics, is actively participating in this global effort. Together with experts from leading institutions such as Imperial College London, Santé Publique France, CNRS – AMSE – Aix-Marseille University and the University of Copenhagen, among others, a pioneering methodology is being developed to estimate the economic costs associated with various morbidities resulting from exposure to air pollution in different populations.
Specifically, the IECS is responsible for proposing and describing a methodology for carrying out the economic evaluation of the EMAPEC project, developing an analytical framework to quantify the components of the economic costs associated with air pollution.
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