Environmental Health
Environmental health (EH) is concerned with preventing disease, death and disability by reducing exposure to adverse environmental conditions and promoting behavioral change. It focuses on the direct and indirect causes of diseases and injuries, an...
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okr-10986-97342021-04-23T14:02:46Z Environmental Health World Bank ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS ARI BEHAVIOR CHANGE BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CATARACTS CHILD DEATHS CLEAN FUELS CLEANER FUELS CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMBUSTION DENGUE DENGUE FEVER DIARRHEA DIARRHEA CASES DIARRHEAL DISEASES DIARRHEAS DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CAUSES DRAINAGE EBOLA EFFECTIVE USE ENERGY CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS FOOD PRODUCTION FUEL GREENHOUSE GASES HAND WASHING HAZARDOUS WASTE HAZARDS HEALTH CARE HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HIV/AIDS HOLISTIC APPROACH HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HUMAN HEALTH HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR INADEQUATE WATER INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY INDOOR AIR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURIES INJURY INSECTICIDES LUNG CANCER MALARIA MALARIA CASES MALARIA CONTROL NUTRITION OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION OZONE PESTICIDES POISONING POLLUTION CONTROL RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY ILLNESS RISK FACTORS ROAD ROAD SAFETY SAFETY SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHISTOSOMIASIS SKIN CANCER SMOKE INHALATION SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL TAX TOBACCO PRODUCTS TOXIC SUBSTANCES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION URBAN AIR POLLUTION VECTOR CONTROL VECTORS VEHICLES VENTILATION WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER POLLUTION WATER SUPPLY Environmental health (EH) is concerned with preventing disease, death and disability by reducing exposure to adverse environmental conditions and promoting behavioral change. It focuses on the direct and indirect causes of diseases and injuries, and taps resources inside and outside the health care system to help improve health outcomes. Environmental health risks can be prevented or significantly mitigated, by activities in various sectors in addition to health especially infrastructure, energy, and agriculture. The infrastructure sector has huge potential to improve health outcomes and save lives: water, sanitation, drainage, transportation, housing, and urban development. Many EH interventions are very cost-effective. Although the number of studies is limited, a review of available evidence of the effectiveness of measures outside the health sector in achieving health improvements found the estimated costs per deaths and disability-adjusted life year (DALY) saved to US$70,000 per DALY and more for some pollution control measures, with most measures costing over US$1,000 per DALY. Infrastructure, energy, and agriculture projects seldom try to monitor EH impact or maximize EH benefits. 2012-08-13T09:24:22Z 2012-08-13T09:24:22Z 2003-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/12005673/environmental-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9734 English at a glance CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS ARI BEHAVIOR CHANGE BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CATARACTS CHILD DEATHS CLEAN FUELS CLEANER FUELS CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMBUSTION DENGUE DENGUE FEVER DIARRHEA DIARRHEA CASES DIARRHEAL DISEASES DIARRHEAS DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CAUSES DRAINAGE EBOLA EFFECTIVE USE ENERGY CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS FOOD PRODUCTION FUEL GREENHOUSE GASES HAND WASHING HAZARDOUS WASTE HAZARDS HEALTH CARE HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HIV/AIDS HOLISTIC APPROACH HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HUMAN HEALTH HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR INADEQUATE WATER INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY INDOOR AIR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURIES INJURY INSECTICIDES LUNG CANCER MALARIA MALARIA CASES MALARIA CONTROL NUTRITION OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION OZONE PESTICIDES POISONING POLLUTION CONTROL RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY ILLNESS RISK FACTORS ROAD ROAD SAFETY SAFETY SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHISTOSOMIASIS SKIN CANCER SMOKE INHALATION SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL TAX TOBACCO PRODUCTS TOXIC SUBSTANCES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION URBAN AIR POLLUTION VECTOR CONTROL VECTORS VEHICLES VENTILATION WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER POLLUTION WATER SUPPLY |
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ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS ARI BEHAVIOR CHANGE BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CATARACTS CHILD DEATHS CLEAN FUELS CLEANER FUELS CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMBUSTION DENGUE DENGUE FEVER DIARRHEA DIARRHEA CASES DIARRHEAL DISEASES DIARRHEAS DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CAUSES DRAINAGE EBOLA EFFECTIVE USE ENERGY CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS FOOD PRODUCTION FUEL GREENHOUSE GASES HAND WASHING HAZARDOUS WASTE HAZARDS HEALTH CARE HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HIV/AIDS HOLISTIC APPROACH HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HUMAN HEALTH HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR INADEQUATE WATER INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY INDOOR AIR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURIES INJURY INSECTICIDES LUNG CANCER MALARIA MALARIA CASES MALARIA CONTROL NUTRITION OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION OZONE PESTICIDES POISONING POLLUTION CONTROL RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY ILLNESS RISK FACTORS ROAD ROAD SAFETY SAFETY SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHISTOSOMIASIS SKIN CANCER SMOKE INHALATION SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL TAX TOBACCO PRODUCTS TOXIC SUBSTANCES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION URBAN AIR POLLUTION VECTOR CONTROL VECTORS VEHICLES VENTILATION WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER POLLUTION WATER SUPPLY World Bank Environmental Health |
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Environmental health (EH) is concerned
with preventing disease, death and disability by reducing
exposure to adverse environmental conditions and promoting
behavioral change. It focuses on the direct and indirect
causes of diseases and injuries, and taps resources inside
and outside the health care system to help improve health
outcomes. Environmental health risks can be prevented or
significantly mitigated, by activities in various sectors in
addition to health especially infrastructure, energy, and
agriculture. The infrastructure sector has huge potential to
improve health outcomes and save lives: water, sanitation,
drainage, transportation, housing, and urban development.
Many EH interventions are very cost-effective. Although the
number of studies is limited, a review of available evidence
of the effectiveness of measures outside the health sector
in achieving health improvements found the estimated costs
per deaths and disability-adjusted life year (DALY) saved to
US$70,000 per DALY and more for some pollution control
measures, with most measures costing over US$1,000 per DALY.
Infrastructure, energy, and agriculture projects seldom try
to monitor EH impact or maximize EH benefits. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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World Bank |
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World Bank |
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World Bank |
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Environmental Health |
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Environmental Health |
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Environmental Health |
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Environmental Health |
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Environmental Health |
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environmental health |
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Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/12005673/environmental-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9734 |
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