Overview | 2016Descriptive resource
Regional framework for urban health in the Western Pacific 2016-2020: Healthy and resilient cities
Moves Healthy Cities from a settings to systems approach. Acknowledges the role of built environment and the urban planned environment in health outcomes. Useful for national and local governments. ...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: WHO WPRO
Briefing | 2016Descriptive resource
Investing in water and sanitation: increasing access, reducing inequalities: GLAAS 2014 findings - highlights for the Region of the Americas
"Good example of pan-regional monitoring and assessment report. Sixteen countries out of 35 in the WHO Region of the Americas, with a total population of 550 million, participated in the GLAAS 2013/2014 reporting cycle. Overall, access to improved drinking-water and sanitation services in the Region...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: WHO, UN-Water
Briefing | 2016Descriptive resource
Health risk assessment of air pollution – general principles.
Important for UTP, the document looks at the policy implications of the assessment. An air pollution health risk assessment (AP-HRA) estimates the health impact to be expected from measures that affect air quality, in different socioeconomic, environmental, and policy circumstances. As such, it is...
Language(s): EN, RS | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO EURO
Overview | 2016Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Health as the pulse of the new urban agenda: United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development, Quito, October 2016
This report considers how to integrate health into urban planning, investments, and policy decisions, so as to support the implementation and achievement of the goals and objectives of the New Urban Agenda. Two core themes run throughout this report. First, to realize Habitat III’s collective vision...
Language(s): EN, CN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO
Evidence | 2016Descriptive resource
Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments: A Global Assessment of the Burden of Disease from Environmental Risks
"This report presents a wide-ranging assessment and detailed findings to show by how much and in what ways improving the environment can promote health and well-being. This study provides an approximate estimate of how much disease can be prevented by reducing the environmental risks to health. It...
Language(s): EN, Other | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO
