No Project Description Funding Agency 1. Comprehensive evaluation of the workplace environment in tanneries through environmental, biological and clinical monitoring. United Nation Industrial Developmental Organization. 2. Comparative health risk assessment and economic valuation of health damage in north Chennai. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research 3. Indoor air quality monitoring and exposure assessment for indoor air pollutants associated with combustion of bio-fuels, in rural home of Tamil Nadu. United Nation Development Project 4. Preparation of posters and information booklets on prevention of water pollution from hospital and circulation to area hospitals. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India. 5. Preparation of information booklets on prevention of lead poisoning in school children and circulation to area schools. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India. 6. Evaluation of the workplace environment in textile units of Tamil Nadu through industrial hygiene measurements. Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board. 7. Indoor air quality monitoring in rural households of Andhra Pradesh. The World Bank. 8. Comparative health risk assessment for environmental concerns in Manali Industrial zone in North Chennai. The World Health Organisation/ Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India 9. Assessment of baseline health and environmental status of the municipal solid waste sector in Chennai. Central Pollution Control Board 10. Creation of Basic Occupational Health Services (BOHS) for Health Care Workers of Public Health Schemes in Tamil Nadu, India WHO Country office for India
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1. Funding Agency : UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation)   Equipment Grant : Rs. 8 Lakhs
Project Description :
Comprehensive evaluation of the workplace environment in tanneries through environmental, biological and clinical monitoring
Output
Creating a job- hazard- exposure profile for the Leather Industry.   Preparing a reference manual on Occupational Safety and Health for the Leather Industry.   Setting guidelines and recommendations for Managers, Supervisors and workers of Tanneries and Effluent Treatment plants in identification and reduction of various workplace hazards.   Preparation of a WHO case study on “Implementation of workplace improvements in developing country settings – the tanning sector in Southern India”.
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2. Funding Agency : Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (Under World Bank-Environmental Management Capacity Building Project)   Equipment Grant : Rs. 11.0 lakhs
Project Description :
Comparative health risk assessment and economic valuation of health damage in North Chennai.
Output
First exercise in Chennai to use the quantitative health risk assessment framework to evaluate environmental health damage.   Ranking of a set of environmental problems in North Chennai using a comparative risk assessment framework.   Development of an environmental management plan based on “Environmental Burden of Disease” estimates.
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3. Funding Agency : United Nations Development Project (Capacity 21) (Funded through a sub-contract with the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)   Equipment Grant : Rs. 4.0 lakhs
Project Description :
Indoor air quality monitoring and exposure assessment for indoor air pollutants associated with the combustion of bio fuels, in rural home of Tamilnadu.
Output
First state-level exposure atlas in India for household level and individual exposures to indoor air pollutants for a wide cross-section of rural households using bio-fuels.   Simultaneous health assessments have allowed development of exposure – response functions for decrements in pulmonary function   The study has provided substantial baseline information on rural households in southern India and is being used in designing of appropriate intervention strategies
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4. & 5. Funding Agency : Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India (Environmental Awareness Program)   Equipment Grant : Rs. 10,000 (1999); Rs. 10,000 (2000)
Project Description :
Preparation of posters & information booklets on prevention of water pollution from hospitals and circulation to area hospitals.   Preparation of information booklets on prevention of lead poisoning in school children and circulation to area schools
Output
SRMC has been recognised by Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board as the nodal agency for training local health care facilities both Governmental and Non-governmental, on Biomedical waste management.   Initiatives by many school managements to monitor for blood lead levels in primary school children.
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6. Funding Agency : Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board, Chennai.   Equipment Grant : Rs. 2.85 lakhs   Duration : June 2000 to December 2002
Project Description :
Evaluation of the workplace environment in textile units of Tamil Nadu through industrial hygiene measurements.   Creation of a job-exposure/job-hazard matrix for the textile units of Tamil Nadu.   Health risk assessment for occupational exposures for workers in these units.
Output
Job-exposure profiles for dust, noise and heat stress generated for a large cross section of cotton processing units in Tamil Nadu.   Health profiles for workers in dry cotton processes have been generated.   A framework for implementation of interventions has been compiled.   Data sets are being enabled for direct web access.   Study has served as a template for baseline assessments in other sectors.
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7. Funding Agency : ESMAP Unit, The World Bank   Equipment Grant : Rs. 8 lakhs   Duration : December 2000 to February 2003
Project Description :
Conduct of indoor air quality monitoring in rural households of Andhra Pradesh.   Preparation of an exposure atlas for indoor air pollutants associated with the combustion of biomass fuels in rural households.   Identification of key household level determinants of concentrations and exposures in rural households to indoor air pollutants released from solid fuel combustion.
Output
Large database of household level exposure information for particulates associated with solid fuel combustion in rural India has been compiled.   Modelling exercises have identified a key set of household level determinants that may be used in other exposure settings to generate exposure profiles.   Data are currently being used to assess burden of disease associated with solid fuel use in Andhra Pradesh.   Comprehensive exposure atlas for Southern India being generated based on results form Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
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8. Comparative Risk Assessment of Environmental Health Concerns in Chennai   Funding Agency : The World Health Organisation / Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt.of India   Equipment Grant : 17.5 lakhs   Duration : May 2001 to Present
Project Description :
Description of the status of environmental quality status in Chennai across multiple zones with varying patterns of land use in terms of select air, water and solid waste related parameters.   Collection of primary and secondary heath data on select environmental health related endpoints.   Qualitative risk ranking for environmental concerns.   Preparation of a National Environmental Health profile based on results from Chennai zone and nine other centers in the country.
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9. Assessment of baseline health and environmental status of the municipal solid waste sector in Chennai   Funding Agency : Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi, India   Equipment Grant : Rs. 6 lakhs   Duration : May 2003 to Present
Project Description :
Assessment of baseline health and environmental status of the municipal solid waste sector in Chennai.   Identify and prioritize areas for intervention required for compliance to the Municipal solid waste handling and management rules of Govt. of India.   Aid in design of an environmental management plan and identify parameters for routine surveillance.
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10.  Creation of Basic Occupational Health Services (BOHS) for Health Care Workers of Public Health Schemes in Tamil   Nadu, India

 

 

            Amount : 8, 29, 000