The American Society for Circumpolar Health (ASCH) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting research, exchanging knowledge, and fostering greater awareness and responsiveness to the health issues of circumpolar people. The ASCH also promotes and supports the efforts of all circumpolar peoples in the attainment of better health. The American Society for Circumpolar Health was founded in 1980 and became a charter member of the International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH) in 1986. Other members of the IUCH include the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health; the Nordic Society for Arctic Medicine; the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; and the Danish/Greenlandic Society for Circumpolar Health.
