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WHO, as the coordinating authority on international health, supports countries in protecting public health through evidence-based policies and actions. Considering the significant health burden and the multiple potential benefits of interventions, the WHO Air Quality, Energy and Health Unit aims to
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The health impacts of climate change are no longer a distant threat. They are being felt here and now and becoming more extreme.
To address these threats, the WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region (ACE) was established in 2019 through a partnership with
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This Climate terminology bank provides key definitions and facts related to climate and resilience for Uganda’s refugee response. Its goal is to build a common understanding among stakeholders and support the integration of climate-smart practices in humanitarian efforts.
Why this document? The Waste Value Chain Analysis (WVCA) has been designed to help organizations understand local waste value chains, with the aim: To identify gaps and opportunities for improvement of local waste value chains (e.g. where shredding, baling can make recovery profitable) and much more
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This guide outlines a practical approach to estimating greenhouse gas emissions avoided by diverting waste from landfills through reverse logistics and reuse/recycling. It provides step-by-step guidance, emission factors, and a scenario tailored to humanitarian operations, along with suggestions on
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Más del 75 % de los cultivos alimentarios del mundo dependen de los polinizadores, que aportan anualmente entre 235 000 y 577 000 millones de dólares de los Estados Unidos a la producción agrícola mundial.
Las tormentas de arena y de polvo son fenómenos meteorológicos, habituales en las regiones áridas y semiáridas, que generan grandes cantidades de partículas de polvo mineral en suspensión.
A escala mundial, unos 2100 millones de personas siguen cocinando con combustibles sólidos (como leña, desechos agrícolas, carbón vegetal y mineral y excrementos de animales) y queroseno, en fuegos abiertos y fogones poco eficientes (1). En su mayor parte, se trata de personas en situación de p
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La contaminación atmosférica proviene principalmente de cinco actividades humanas que emiten una gama de sustancias, tales como monóxido de carbono, dióxido de carbono, óxido de nitrógeno, dióxido de nitrógeno, dióxido de azufre, ozono troposférico o a nivel del suelo, material particulado
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La contaminación atmosférica es una de las mayores amenazas para la salud infantil. El 99% de la población mundial vive en lugares donde el aire se considera nocivo. Respirar aire contaminado perjudica la salud de los niños y las niñas y pone en peligro su futuro.
El cambio climático, definido por las Naciones Unidas como “cambios a largo plazo en la temperatura y los patrones meteorológicos” debido a actividades humanas como la quema de combustibles fósiles en la era industrial, ha dado lugar a cambios profundos y continuos en nuestro entorno y en la
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El cambio climático está intesificando el calor extremo, con efectos graves sobre la salud.
Fires, explosions and volcanic eruptions can damage and contaminate food and water due to heat, smoke, fumes and chemicals. These flyers include tips to reduce food safety risks during a fire incident for households, food suppliers, vendors, food industry inspectors and workers.
The pathway to strengthen multisectoral collaboration at the human-animal-environmental interface (HAI) aims to improve health security through One Health implementation. It outlines strategic guides and tools developed to support Member States through different steps of the HAI pathway.
Sodium Benchmarks for Packaged Foods
After a flood, food that has been in contact with flood-water may have become unsafe for human consumption. These flyers include tips to reduce food safety risks in the event of a flood for households,
The 2019-2023 Strategy for UNU-IIGH, developed in
2018, built on UNU-IIGH’s strategic advantage and
position vis-à-vis the UN and global health ecosystem.
The Strategy set a goal to advance evidencebased policy on key issues related to sustainable
development and health and shifted the Instit
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A sanitary inspection is a simple, on-site evaluation (traditionally using a checklist) to help identify and support the management of priority risk factors that may lead to contamination of a drinking-water supply. Sanitary inspections are a well-established and widely-applied practice. They can su
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