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Organizational Members
The IUCH is a union of
five adhering bodies. They are:
- American Society for Circumpolar Health (ASCH);
- Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health (CSCH);
- Nordic Society for Arctic Medicine (NSAM);
- Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS-SB);
- Danish/Greenlandic Society for Circumpolar Health
Affiliated members are:
- Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR);
- Icelandic Society for Arctic Medicine;
- Swedish Society for Arctic Medicine;
The World Health Organization (WHO), and the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research are both represented on the Council of IUCH.
The IUCH is directed by a Council for the General Assembly and maintains its Office of the Secretariat
at the National Institute of Public
Health in Denmark . There are currently
thirteen Council members. IUCH activities are managed on a day-to-day basis by the
President. |