strategy
Realising economic benefits of environmental health
Synonyms:
Identifying financial benefits from a healthy environment Description:
Reducing environment-related health problems could make people much better off.
These problems have economic repercussions: they generate additional costs for patients and the social welfare system, they lead to lost productivity and profits for industry, and they often result in lost income for individuals. Last but not least, people assign considerable value to reducing health risks.
Context:
Work is ongoing calculating what would be the economic benefits of solving environmental health problems. Though still imprecise, these calculations already show that current economic losses may be considerable. This is a further argument in favour of policies aimed at mitigating environment-related health problems.
Broader:
Ensuring a healthy environmentAdvancing environmental healthEnsuring mutual economic benefitPromoting environmentally sound economic growth Narrower:
Tackling poverty through environmental health measuresAssessing financing to reduce health risks from environmental pollution and hazards Facilitates:
Implementing environmental health strategyDeveloping environmental health action plansUsing economic instruments to manage environmental health costsGenerating community support for environmental health programmesEstablishing priorities for national environmental health action plansDeveloping financial strategies for national environmental health action plans Facilitated by:
Conducting integrated environmental health risk assessmentsAssessing cost and benefits of different development policies for human and environmental health Values:
HealthUneconomicUnhealthiness Subjects:
Social Activity → WelfareCommerce → Finance
Health Care → Health
Economics → Economic
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
