About Us
IVHHN was launched with funding from the Leverhulme Trust (Research Interchange Grant) and is currently funded by a Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Special Award. IVHHN also receives administrative resources from the Institute of Hazard & Risk Research, Durham University where it is hosted. IVHHN is directed by Dr Claire Horwell (Durham University). |
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The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN) is an umbrella organisation for all research and infromation on volcanic health hazards. IVHHN currently involves 31 expert members from 25 international institutions as well as corresponding members who are signed up to the mailing list. Expert members of IVHHN work in diverse scientific disciplines such as volcanology, epidemiology, toxicology, public health and physical chemistry with a common aim of trying to determine the health effects of volcanic emissions. IVHHN was launched in 2003 and is an 
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PAMPHLETS Download our pamphlets on preparing for ashfall and on the health hazards of ash. They are designed for mass distribution at the onset of new eruptions. They are now avaiable in English, Japanese, French Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili, Indonesian and Icelandic with Italian versions being available shortly. Please see our Pamphlets page for further infomation.
 
ICELAND The report on the health hazard of ash which fell on Iceland during the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull is now available to download. Our pamhlets are also available in Icelandic for download. |
