World Health Organization
(Department of Protection of Human Environment) 

http://www.who.org/peh

WHO Activities

WHO's Department of Protecton of the Human of Environment mission is to provide leadership and support effective networking and cooperation in addressing the environmental determinants of human health.

Their goals are to advocate, promote, coordinate and carry out international work in health an environment, including development and promotion of evidence-based guidelines; monitoring and assessment of enviornmental quality, enviornmental and health impacts assessment; support for national capacity building in environmental health; and provision of advice, guidance and technical assitance to Member States.

AGENDA 21 Areas of Particular Focus or Interest

(In the context of human health)

Atmosphere;
Biodiversity;
Climate Cahnge;
Desertification;
Health;
Human Settlements;
Poverty;
Sustainable Development;
Toxic Chemicals;
Waste;
Water and sanitation.

Brief Descriptions of and Links to Information Activities

Data
http://www.who.int/peh/burdenindex.htm

No specific data currently collected. Statistics in different aspects of health and environmental heath are available.

Assessment and Analysis
http://www.who.int/peh/burden/burdenindex.htm
http://www.who.int/hia/ (web gateway on health impacts to be launched in May 2003)

Indicators
http://www.who.int/environmental_information/ Information_resources/documents/Indicators/ EHIndicators.pdf

Reports
http://www.who.int/peh/

Networks

Networks of WHO Collaborationg Centres on several aspects of Healrth and Environment (e.g. Air Pollution, Water and Sanitation, Occupational Health, Global Environmental Change, Raidation, etc.)

Responsible Office/Person

Dr M. Younes
Acting Director

Department of Protection of the Human Environment
World Health Organization
1211 Geneva 27

Fax=(+41) 22 791 3584
Email=younesm-at-who.int

Date of preparation: April 2003
 

 

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