Hatfield is implementing the Regional Capacity Building Program for Health Risk Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in South East Asia. The project is funded through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) POPs Fund within the World Bank. Hatfield Consultants is working with national experts in Lao PDR, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia to help find solutions to POPs issues in South East Asia. China, Japan, Korea, Philippines and Viet Nam are also invited to participate in regional activities under the program.
The key objectives of the program are to:
- Improve the ability of government agencies in the South East Asia Region to manage POPs and POPs-like chemicals using a health risk-based approach.
- Improve inter-governmental cooperation on hazardous chemicals issues in the region.
Key outputs and elements of the project include:
- Risk assessment including field data collection and analysis from identified hotspots in each participating country.
- Economic evaluation of health risks.
- A risk management toolkit.
- National training workshops.
