In 2019, WHO established an independent advisory group, the Scientific Advisory Group on Air Pollution and Health (SAG) to provide expert guidance and advise WHO on programmatic issues related to ambient and household air pollution and health. The SAG also advise on emerging research questions and orient the topics that need to be tackled by the WHO Global Air Pollution and Health – Technical Advisory Group (GAPH-TAG).
The roles and responsibilities, scope and purpose, and operational modalities of the SAG are described in its Terms of Reference.
The 1st SAG meeting was hold virtually, 4 September 2020.