The National Stakeholders Workshop on Health Impact Assessment of Air
Pollution on Malé Declaration was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 15
October 2014. The objectives of the workshop included: 1) describe
different contents of Health Impact Assessment Manual and knowledge
sharing among the stakeholders about the different aspects of air
pollution; 2) disseminate the activities, roles and future plan and
expected output of the Regional Center on Health Impact Assessment in
Bangladesh; 3) identify different initiatives to reduce air pollution in
Bangladesh; 4) describe the effects of cook stove intervention for
reduction of indoor air pollution in rural Bangladesh; 4) explore the
health impact study findings of other regional countries; and 5)
discuss about the major challenges faced by the researchers on the
Effects of PM on School children in Bangladesh.