The International Union
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he American Society for Circumpolar Health was inaugurated in 1980 and helped initiate the formation of the International Union for Circumpolar Health in March 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden. The International Union is an important vehicle for international collaboration in circumpolar health. Through the International Union for Circumpolar Health, ASCH is affiliated with the following circumpolar sister organizations:
- Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health (CSCH)
- Danish/Greenlandic Society for Circumpolar Health
- Nordic Society for Circumpolar Health (NSCH)
- Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS-SB) English / Russian
- Finnish Society of Arctic Medicine and Biology (ATBY)
- Icelandic Society for Arctic Medicine
- Circumpolar Health Research Network (CirchNet)
- Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- Swedish Society for Arctic Medicine
Many members of ASCH are active in the Circumpolar Health Research Network (CirchNet), which unites the International Network for Circumpolar Health Research and the International Journal of Circumpolar Health. The Network meets in the intervening years between IUCH’s triennial congress.