Formally launched in 2015, the Eastern Africa GEOHealth Hub grew from a joint planning grant awarded to the University of Southern California in the United States and Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia by the Global Environmental and Occupational Health program through the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health in 2012. LINK to GEOHEALTH Website

Atuyambe, L. M., Etajak, S., Walyawula, F., Kasasa, S., Nyabigambo, A., Bazeyo, W., Wipfli, H., Samet, J. M., & Berhane, K. T. (2025). Air quality and attributable mortality among city dwellers in Kampala, Uganda: results from 4 years of continuous PM2.5 concentration monitoring using BAM 1022 reference instrument. Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 35(2), 288–293. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-024-00684-9 LINK TO TEXT Abstract Background: Air pollutio

Wipfli H, Kumie A, Atuyambe L, Oguge O, Rugigana E, Zacharias K, Simane B, Samet J, Berhane K. GeoHealth. 2021 June; 5(6). doi: 10.1029/2021GH000406. LINK TO TEXT Abstract Externalities, such as air pollution and increased occupational hazards, resulting from global trends in climate change, rapid industrialization, and rapidly increasing populations are raising global concerns about the associated health risks. The Global Environmental and Occupational Health Hub for Eastern