On 2-9th of August, 2026 Human Health Institute, EHPMI, and TIFO conducted a field assessment of soil contamination with heavy metals in three industrial cities of East Kazakhstan: Oskemen, Ridder, and Altai. This work was done as part of Partnership for Environmental Health (PEH) initiative of the three organizations and was supported by The Sigrid Rausing Trust.
On 12th of August 2026, EHPMI held an annual workshop in Cholpan Ata, Kyrgyzstan. The workshop brought together by environmental health experts from 10 countries: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Russia, the United States, Vietnam, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. At the workshop representatives of each country shared their experience of environmental health projects and discussed future steps in development of EHPMI as an expert organization and a regional network.
On April 7th, 2026, a workshop was held in Astana to discuss the problem of lead poisoning of children in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the current situation of high lead and other heavy metal contamination in Shymkent soil and discuss how to mitigate the risks of lead poisoning of children in Shymkent and other cities of Kazakhstan.
