Public health experts and medical specialists met in Chennai to make visible the health costs of India's pursuit of coal as the energy option of choice.
Organized by the Coal and Health Initiative (CHI) India, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) and Community Environmental Monitoring (CEM), this roundtable discussed the Health Impacts of energy choices and aimed to involve and encourage medical and health professionals to discuss the pros and cons of non-renewable energy from the health perspective; generate/collate local evidence on energy deficit and health, the impact of coal usage on human health, and the feasibility of more sustainable options for energy and its impact on health and the sharing of experiences of health care professionals already working in the area of health impact of coal; amongst others.
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Southeast Asia