strategy
Protecting against hazards to human health in the natural environment
Context:
Environmental health (EH) encompasses a wide range of issues and subjects. Those which are regarded as being most suitable to be tackled at the local level are: (a) drinking-water treatment and distribution; (b) food quality and safety; (c) home and workplace accidents; (d) local air pollution abatement; (e) traffic congestion and accidents; (f) housing rehabilitation; (g) solid waste management; (h) noise; (i) social implications of urban and industrial development; and (j) information dissemination and education on illness prevention and wellbeing.
Broader:
Preventing exposure to environmental hazardsProtecting against hazards to human healthStrengthening environmental health services Narrower:
Conducting integrated environmental health risk assessmentsResearching effects of air pollution on human healthImproving hazardous waste management programmes to meet health and environment normsControlling water-borne diseases Facilitated by:
Costing environmental damageProtecting global environmentReducing impact of natural disastersExpanding tripartite cooperation to improve safety, health and environmentAssessing impact of environmental training programmes on productivity, health, safety and environment Subjects:
Mankind → HumanGeography → Nature
Societal Problems → Protection
Societal Problems → Hazards
Health Care → Health
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
