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The Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU) is based in the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on \u2018Investment for Health and Well-being\u2019, Policy and International Health Directorate, Public Health Wales. It provides an all Wales Service and provides guidance, training, resources and information in relation to the practice of HIA, which is a method of identifying the health and well-being impacts and addressing health inequalities of policies, plans and proposals, and \u2018Health in All Policies\u2019 (HiAP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our team<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Professor Liz Green<\/a>Programme Director for Health Impact Assessment<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Kathryn Ashton<\/a>Principal Health Impact Assessment Development Officer<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Cheryl Williams<\/a>Principal Public Health Practitioner (Policy & Impact Assessment)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Laura Evans<\/a>Public Health Practitioner (Policy and Health Impact Assessment)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Abigail Malcolm<\/a>Senior Public Health Practitioner<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Rowena Ekermawi<\/a>Principal Health Impact Assessment Development Officer<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Michael Fletcher<\/a>Public Health Officer (Policy and Health Impact Assessment)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Catrin Lyddon<\/a>Public Health Practitioner<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Sarah Jones<\/a>Administration and Resources Officer <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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