Members of the European Environment and Health Task Force (EHTF)

Representatives of stakeholders

  • Centre for Planetary Health Policy
    Dorothea Baltruks
  • European Environment and Health Youth Coalition (EEHYC)
    Antonio Marques Pinto
  • The European Union (EU)
    Christine Redecker, DG SANTE (focal point)
    Dimitrios Sarikizoglou, DG SANTE (alternate)
    Alice Pisana, DG SANTE (alternate)
    Ian Marnane, European Environment Agency
    Peter Loeffler, DG Climate Action
    Rita Araujo, DG Research and Innovation
  • Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
    Génon K. Jensen
  • Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)
    Mark Wilson
  • ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
    Shreya Utkarsh
  • Healthy Cities Network
    Kira Fortune
    Miriam Weber
  • International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
    Manolis Kogevinas
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
    Alexa Piccolo
  • Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
    Marta Vargha, Chair of the Bureau
  • Regional Environment Center for Central Asia (CAREC)
    Batyr Mamedov
    Henry Wyes
  • Regional Environment Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
    Eva Csobod
  • Regions for Health Network (RHN)
    Bettina Menne
  • Transport, Health and Environment Pan European Programme (THE PEP)
    Ion Salaru, Chair of the Steering Committee
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    Marina Smelyanskaya
    Jemal Durdykova
  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    Wondwosen K. Asnake
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
    Marco Keiner
    Nicholas Bonvoisin
    Virginia Fuse
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
    Tiffany Hodgson
  • United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
    Graham Alabaster
  • Women in Europe for a Common Future (ECO-Forum)
    Sascha Gabizon
  • World Meteorological Organization
    Joy Shumake-Guillemot
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National focal points

Nomination for focal points of Andorra and San Marino is at the moment not formally official.

Albania

Ms Eralda Mariani
Public Health Officer
Unit of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Public Health
Ministry of Health and Social Protection

Ms Elvana Ramaj
Director of Circular Economy
Ministry of Tourism and Environment

Andorra

Mr Jesus Galindo
WHO National Counterpart
Head of service of Food Safety and Environmental Health
Ministry of Health

Armenia

Dr Nune Bakunts
Deputy Director General
National Centre of Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Health of Armenia
Ministry of Health

Dr Anahit Aleksandryan
Legal Adviser
Ministry of Environment

Austria

Mr Andreas Maier
Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection

Mr Matthias Knopper
Department VII/A/4 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection

Azerbaijan

Mr Vugar Mammadov
Head
International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Health

Mr Emin Garabaghli
Head
Division of International Cooperation
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources

Belarus

Prof Sergei Sychik
Head
Scientific and Practical Centre for Hygiene of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus

Belgium

NEHAP Secretariat
Head
Cell Environment and Health
Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment

Ms Priscilla Declerck
Air Quality Analyst
Ministry of Environment of the Brussels Region

Mr Bram Lefever
Department of Environment
Federal Public Service Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment of Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ms Mirha Osijan
Advisor for coordination activities for addiction and other impact of the environment on population
Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dr Vesna Rudic-Grujic
Head of Hygiene Department
Public Health Institute of the Republic of Srpska

Dr Aida Vilic-Svraka
Specialist for hygiene and environmental health
Institute for Public Health of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ms Gorana Basovic
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Ms Radoslava Grozeva
Expert
Environmental strategies and programmes department
Ministry of Environment and Water

Prof Veska Kamburova
Director of “Public Health and Health Risk” Directorate
National Centre of Public health and Analyses
Ministry of Health

Ms Pavlina Tsenova
Chief Expert
“Public Health, Health Control and Patients’ Rights”
Directorate
Ministry of Health

Croatia

Mr Pavle Jelicic
Specialist in Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Head of Environmental Health Service
Croatian Institute of Public Health

Ms Barbara Bekavac
Specialist
Division for Environmental Health
Department for General Environmental Health

Cyprus

Ms Andromachi Katsonouri
Senior Chemist, Head, Human Biomonitoring and Industrial Products Laboratory
Cyprus State General Laboratory
Ministry of Health

Czech Republic

Mr. Vojtěch Balcar
Department of International Affairs and the European Union
Ministry of Health

Ms Marcela Kubicová
Head
Unit of Bilateral Cooperation and International Organizations
Ministry of Health

Dr Helena Kazmarova
Head
Centre for Health and the Environment
National Institute of Public Health

Mr Pavel Hlaváček
International Relations Department
Ministry of the Environment

Denmark

Ms Anette Pagh Rosenthal
Danish Health Authority

Estonia

Ms Aive Telling
Head of chemical safety
Public Health Department
Ministry of Social Affairs

Ms Heidi Koger
Head
Ambient Air Department
Ministry of Climate

Finland

Dr Mikko Paunio
Ministerial Counselor for Health
Department for Promotion of Welfare and Health
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

France

Ms Caroline Paul
Head of the Unit EA1, Outdoor Environment and Chemicals
General Directorate of Health
Ministry for Solidarity and Health

Ms Marie-Claire Lhenry
Head
Unit of European and International Affairs, Directorate General for Risk Prevention
Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition

Mr Pascal Schuermans
Adjoint du bureau santé environnement
Ministry for the Ecological Transition

Georgia

Ms Maia Javakhishvili
Deputy Head
Environment and Climate Change
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

Dr Nia (Nino) Giuashvili
Adviser
National Center for Disease Control and Public Health
Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia

Germany

Dr Barbara Werschkun
Division IG II 2
Environment and Health
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Mr Timm Paulus
Head of Unit
Environment and Health/Climate
Federal Ministry of Health

Greece

Ms Fofo Kalyva
Secretary General of Public Health
Ministry of Health

Ms Evmorfia Alexopoulou
Policy officer
Directorate for International and EU Activities
Department of EU and International Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Environment & Energy

Hungary

Dr Tamas Pandics
Director General
National Public Health Center

Iceland

Ms Sigrun Thora Sveinsdottir
Special Advisor
Ministry of Health

Ireland

Mr Colin O'Hehir
Climate Change & SDG Unit
Assistant Principal
Department of Health

Ms Siobhan McEvoy
Chief Environmental Health Officer
Food Safety and Environmental Health
Department of Health

Israel

Dr Orna Matzner
Head of the Science Unit
Chief Scientist's Bureau
Ministry of Environmental Protection

Dr Isabella Karakis
Head
Environmental Epidemiology Department
Ministry of Health

Italy

Dr Pasqualino Rossi
Directorate General of Health Prevention
Ministry of Health

Ms Carla Ancona
Department of Epidemiology
Lazio Regional Health Service

Ms Federica Fricano
Director
Ministry for the Ecological Transition

Ms Alessandra Fidanza
Senior Expert
Ministry for the Ecological Transition

Kazakhstan

Dr Nurkan Sadvakassov
Chairman
Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Control
Ministry of Healthcare

Kyrgyzstan

Ms Gulzat Zholchubekova
Director
Department of Environmental Monitoring
Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision

Ms Gulumkan Bekturova
Director
Department of State Regulation in the Field of Environmental Protection and Environmental Safety
Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision

Mr Zhanybek Ubraimov
Chief Specialist
Public Health Department
Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic

Ms Gulnara Alamovna
Deputy Director
Department of Disease Prevention and State Sanitary
Epidemiological Surveillance

Latvia

Ms Natālija Polukarova
Senior Expert
Environmental Health Division of Public Health Department
Ministry of Health

Mr Normunds Kadiķis
Head
Division of Environmental Health
Health Inspectorate

Lithuania

Ms Ingrida Skridailienė
Head of Public Health Safety Control Division
National Public Health Centre under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania

Ms Kornelija Bajelytė
Advisor
Health Safety Division
Public Health Department

Mr Normantas Dučinskas
Chief specialist
Health Safety Division, Public Health Department
Ministry of Health

Ms Olita Kriukovienė
Chief specialist
Environmental Health Unit Health Promotion Center
The Institute of Hygiene

Ms Mintarė Jurgilaitė
Chief specialist
Environmental Health Unit Health Promotion Center
The Institute of Hygiene

Luxembourg

Mr Jerome Fae
Département de l’environnement
Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures

Dr Laurence Wurth
Environmental Health Specialist
Ministry of Health

Malta

Dr Roberto Debono
Resident Specialist in Public Health Medicine
Public Health Medicine
St Luke's Hospital

Monaco

Mr Alexandre Bordero
Director
Directorate of Health Action
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

Dr Herve Raps
Physician Delegate for Research
Scientific Centre of Monaco

Montenegro

Dr Borko Bajic
Specialist of Hygiene and Human Ecology
Institute of Public Health of Montenegro

Netherlands

Ms Brigit Staatsen
Senior Researcher
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

Mr Lennart Trouborst
Policy Advisor
Directorate General Environment and International
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

Mr Michiel Hoorweg
Senior Advisor
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport

North Macedonia

Ms Jasmina Petkovska
Head
Department for International Cooperation
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning

Prof Dr Igor Spiroski
Institute for Public Health

Ms Slobodanka Anchevska
Ministry of Health

Norway

Mr Sverre Thomas Jahre
Senior Adviser
Ministry of Climate and Environment

Mr Anders Lamark Tysse
Senior Adviser
Ministry of Health and Care Services

Poland

Ms Jolanta Rawska-Olejniczak
Minister Counsellor
Department of International Affairs
Ministry of Climate and the Environment

Mr Łukasz Adamkiewicz
Secretary to the Health Effects of Air Pollution Working Group
Polish Public Health Council under the Ministry of Health of Poland

Portugal

Mr Rui Portugal (focal point)
Deputy Director General of Health
Directorate General of Health

Mr Paulo Diegues (alternate)
Head of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health
Directorate General of Health

Ms Anabela Santiago
Senior Officer
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health
Directorate-General of Health

Republic of Moldova

Mrs Mariana Gincu
Head, Department of Policies in the Field of Public Health
Ministry of Health

Mr Ion Salaru
Head, Department of Policies in the Field of Public Health
Ministry of Health

Ms Paula Tatamirov
Main Consultant
International Relations and External Assistance Section
Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova

Romania

Ms Luminita Ghita
Director
Department of International Relations
Ministry of the Environment

Dr Silvia Teodorescu
Public Health Primary Care Physician
National Institute of Public Health

Russian Federation

Professor Igor Bukhtiyarov
Director
Federal State Budget Scientific Institution "Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health"

Mr Evgeny Kovalevskiy
Leading Researcher
Federal State Budget Scientific Institution " Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health”

San Marino

Dr Claudio Muccioli
Director
Health Authority of San Marino
Ministry for Health and Social Security, Welfare and Social Affairs, Political Affairs, Equal Opportunities and Technological Innovation

Ms Giuliana Barulli
Personal Assistant to the Minister
Ministry of Territory and Environment with a delegation of power for Agriculture and Relations with the Autonomous State Agency for Production

Serbia

Ms Biljana Filipovic Dusic
Senior Advisor for International Multilateral Cooperation
Ministry of Environmental Protection

Ms Branislava Matić Savićević
Institute of Public Health of Serbia “Dr Milan Jovanović Batut”

Slovakia

Ms Zuzana Fejdiova
Senior State
Directorate of Environmental Policy, EU Affairs and International Relations
Ministry of Environment

Ms Milada Eštoková
Head
Department of Environmental Health
Public Health Authority

Slovenia

Ms Marjeta Recek
Ministry of Health

Ms Tanja Bolte
Director General
Environment Directorate
Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning of Slovenia

Spain

Mr Pedro Gullón Tosio
Director-General of the Directorate-General for Public
Health and Health Equity
Ministry of Health

Mr Francisco Javier Cachón de Mesa
Director General
Quality and Environmental Evaluation
Ministry for the Ecological Transition

Mr Santiago González Muñoz
Deputy Director-General
Subdirectorate - General for Environmental and Occupational Health
Directorate General for Public Health and Health Equity
Ministry of Health

Ms Marian Mendoza García
Head of Service
Environmental Health Risk Assessment
Ministry of Health

Ms Margarita Palau
Head of Water Health Quality Area
Subdirectorate General of Environmental Health and Occupational Health
Ministry of Health

Sweden

Ms Karin Ljung Björklund
Head of Unit for Environmental Health
Public Health Agency of Sweden

Ms Karin Norstrom
Environmental Chemist, PhD, Environmental Pollutants Unit
Environmental Analysis Department
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Switzerland

Ms Leonie Aeschimann
First Secretary (Global Affairs)
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Mr Daniel Bill
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Ms Damaris Carnal
Deputy Head of Section
Department of Home Affairs, International Affairs Division,
European Union and Neighbouring States Section
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH

Tajikistan

Ms Shahlo Azizbekova
Main specialist of State ecological expertise
Committee of Environmental Protection

Mr Kholmurod Alijonov
Head of the Department
State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance Service

Mr Umidjon Ulughov
Deputy Director
State Institute National Stockholm Convention
Implementation Centre under the Committee on Nature Protection

Türkiye

Dr Gul Mersinlioglu Serin
Health Expert
Ministry of Health

Ms Elif Tosun
Health Expert
Ministry of Health

Ms Irde Cetinturk Gurtepe
Head of Air Management Department
Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change

Turkmenistan

Mr Annamurat Nazarov
Main Specialist
Department of State Sanitary Surveillance of State SES
Ministry of Health and Medical Industry

Mr Allanazar Kadjarov
Main Specialist
Management of Environment Protection
Department of State Ecology Expertise, Licensing, Certification and Permits
Ministry of Environment Protection

Ukraine

Mr Ruslan Koval
Director
Hygienic Regulation Committee
Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Kyiv

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Professor Raquel Duarte-Davidson
Head, Chemicals and Environmental Effects Department
UK Health Security Agency

Dr Haydn Cole
Group Leader
Chemicals and Poisons Chemicals and Environmental Effects Department
UK Health Security Agency

Uzbekistan

Mr Abdunomon Sidikov
Head
External Relations and Economics Activities
Ministry of Health

Mr Bobur Makhmudov
Chief specialist
International Cooperation and Projects Department
State Committee for Ecology and Environment Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan

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