Existing Health Information Systems in the Russian Federation and their Use in the Assessment of Environmental Health Effects

In 1995, the Government of the Russian Federation initiated an Environmental Management Project with a general aim to improve environmental conditions and associated human health [1]. An Environmental Epidemiology Component of the Russian Environmental Management Project was initiated to perform policy-oriented environmental epidemiology and risk assessment, and to establish systems for information transfer to decision-makers in environmental policy. Harvard School of Public Health, representing a broad group of international investigators, was chosen as a consultant to the Environmental Epidemiology Component.