Environment, climate change and health for practitioners and actors guiding policy change
Environmental risks to health are responsible for a large fraction of the overall disease burden. Decision makers need to be aware of the most important environmental exposures, exposure-disease links and available options and solutions for creating a healthier environment. This course provides an introduction to environmental health, covering key facts, figures and available interventions on the most important environmental risks, including climate change, air pollution, WASH, chemicals and others. The target audience for this course is key decision makers at national, regional and municipal levels, government officials, higher-level policy-makers, key actors such as municipal staff, staff in relevant ministries (including those working with industry), community health workers, WHO and UN partner agencies’, funds’ and programmes’ country representatives and country staff, and nongovernmental organizations planning or performing country work.
Training | 2023
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO