T
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 (ASCH)
- 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
- International Network for Circumpolar Health Research (INCHR)
- Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- Swedish Society for Arctic Medicine