عنوان

Health environment :

9241563729

9789241563727

b779971

Health environment :

[Book]

managing the linkages for sustainable development : a toolkit for decision-makers : synthesis report.

Geneva :

World Health Organization, United Nations Environment Programme,

©2008.

86 pages :

illustrations, portraits

"Editor and writer: Elaine Fletcher"--Page 6.

"WHO/UNEP Health Environment Linkages Initiative (HELI)."

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86).

I. Defining the Linkages -- 1. Environmental hazards and health impacts -- 2. Human settings and economic sectors -- 3. Ecosystem frameworks for health and environment -- 4. Focus on vulnerable populations -- 5. Towards integrated packages of interventions for linked health and environment action -- II. Improving Health and Environment Decision-Making -- Challenges, Needs and Opportunities -- 1. Drivers of health and environment decision-making -- 2. Health and environment ministries: a closer look -- 3. From data to decisions: using evidence effectively -- 4. Bridging the evidence-to-policy gap -- 5. Key needs of decision-makers: intersectoral dialogue; assessment and tools for quantifying health and economic impacts -- 6. Engaging decision-makers and stakeholders -- 7. Communication with decision-makers and stakeholders -- III. Tools for Managing Health and Environment Linkages -- Impact assessment: from evidence to decisions -- 1. Current practice and problems in HIA and EIA -- 2. Environmental Impact assessment -- 3. Health impact assessment -- 4. Enabling conditions for effective impact assessment -- IV. Quantifying Impacts in Human and Financial Terms -- Burden of disease assessment and economic valuation -- 1. Quantifying population health impacts -- 2. Making the economic case for health and the environment -- 3. Challenges for economic assessment -- 4. Relating economic valuation to policy-making -- V. Improving Health and Environment Decision-Making -- Guidance on integrated approaches -- 1. Integrating health and environment impact assessment with economic development -- 2. Guiding principles -- 3. Defining the decision-making and assessment scenario -- 4. Step by step process components -- VI. Pilot Projects -- Jordan, Thailand and Uganda -- 1. Jordan: water is life -- 2. Thailand: reducing environmental risks and enhancing health through sustainable agriculture -- 3. Uganda: livestock, ecosystems and development -- VII. Conclusion -- Consolidating health and environment linkages: a contribution to global policy agendas -- 1. Reconciling fragmented approaches -- 2. Repositioning health and environment sectors towards proactive policies -- 3. Critical link to the achievement of global development priorities.

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Managing the linkages for sustainable development

Environmental health.

Environmental policy.

Sustainable development.

Conservation of Natural Resources.

Decision Making.

Ecosystem.

Environmental Health-- economics.

Environmental health.

Environmental policy.

Higiene ambiental.

Sustainable development.

Fletcher, Elaine.

United Nations Environment Programme.

WHO/UNEP Health and Environment Linkages Initiative.

World Health Organization.

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