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Environment, Climate Change and Health
We pursue a healthier environment by strengthening health sector leadership, building mechanisms for political and social support and monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals regarding environmental threats to health.
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Our strategy
9 February 2020
WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change: the transformation...
The new strategy is timely – it responds to and is in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the GPW13.
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23 September 2024
Sustainable development goal indicator 3.9.1: mortality attributed to air pollution
In 2019, air pollution – both ambient and household – was the largest environmental risk to health, carrying responsibility for about one...
Radiation safety culture in health care encompasses every action taken to improve the protection and safety of patients and personnel involved in medical...
This is the 2024 update of the Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment. The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available...
30 September 2024
Public Health and the Climate Crisis
This video presentation highlights the critical intersection between public health and the escalating climate crisis, underlining the health impacts of...
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