European Environment and Health Information System (ENHIS)

What is ENHIS?

The ENHIS project was a two-phase project co-funded by the European Commission and coordinated by WHO/Europe.

• Phase 1:
• Phase 2: ENHIS-2 (2005-2007) aimed to roll out a "comprehensive information and knowledge system to help identify, prioritize and address wide-spread environmental health problems in countries and to enable monitoring the effects of actions taken."

The project involved a wide range of countries, promoting the practical application of the methods developed in most European Union countries, and provided practical training to public and environmental health personnel in monitoring the relevant policies and actions. The methodologies and reports developed are being widely disseminated.

Specifically, the information system was designed to enable:

   * monitoring the environment and health situation and trends and evaluation of the effectiveness of policies in the countries of the pan-European region;
   * comparisons across countries on the basis of targets set in European-wide action programmes;
   * regular reporting on environment and health to support decision makers and to provide information to professionals and the general public;
   * exchange of information, data and knowledge as well as good practice examples in the field of public health and the environment.

Useful links

• Project website: www.enhis.org