World Health Day
My health, my right
This year’s theme was chosen to champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to health services, education, and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination. (PAHO|WHO)
Climate Changes
"Climate change exacerbates some existing health threats and creates new public health challenges. Worldwide, only considering a few health indicators, additional 250,000 deaths per year will occur in the next decades as a result of climate change." (PAHO/WHO)
Air Pollution
"The burning of fossil fuels is simultaneously driving the climate crisis and taking away our right to breathe clean air, with indoor and outdoor air pollution claiming a life every 5 seconds." (PAHO|WHO)
Water and Sanitation
"Millions of people in the Region of the Americas still lack adequate sources of drinking water and safe facilities for the disposal and elimination of feces." (PAHO/WHO)
References
- Mapping opportunities for training in air pollution and health for the health workforce (WHO)
- Preventing disease through healthy environments: exposure to lead: a major public health concern. 2nd ed (WHO)
- Guía para el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos de 2022: alimentos inocuos, mejor salud (WHO)
- WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change
- Fomentar la salud pública medioambiental en América Latina y el Caribe (PAHO/WHO)
- Serie on Human Rights and Health (PAHO/WHO)
