See the full video — Healthy Tomorrows: What Is the U.S. Presidential Task Force and How Does It Work?
In 2023, UNICEF, part of the United Nations, established the Children’s Environmental Health Collaborative to galvanize international action to address children’s environmental health issues. The Collaborative engaged partners to amplify UNICEF’s work to protect children’s environmental health. As part of Children’s Health Month in October, the co-chairs of the Steering Committee of the President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children (Task Force) recorded a video for the Children’s Health Collaborative. In the video, Grace Robiou, director of the EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection and Leith States, chief medical officer in HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, describe the goals and work of the Task Force. UNICEF plans to disseminate the video to policymakers, public health officials, and others in developing countries as a model for how to coordinate cross-governmental efforts to address children’s environmental health issues.
