Environment and climate change statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean
FDES - Sub-component 5.2: Environmental Health
The impacts of changes in environmental conditions and pollution on human health are multiple and vary from country to country. The WHO is the leading global institution documenting the relationship between health and the environment. Its publications include a considerable volume of critical global statistics on environmental health.
The topics included are:
- Airborne diseases and conditions
- Water-related diseases and conditions
- Vector-borne diseases
- Health problems associated with excessive UV radiation exposure
- Toxic substance- and nuclear radiation-related diseases and conditions
Documents and publications
Healthy environments for healthier populations: Why do they matter, and what can we do? by
Publication Date: 2019
Environmental health inequalities in Europe. Second assessment report (2019) by Publication Date: 2019
Human biomonitoring: facts and figures by Publication Date: 2015
Healthy environments for healthier people by Publication Date: 2018
The Atlas of Children's Health and Environment in the Americas by Publication Date: 2011
Databases
- PAHO- PLISA Health Information Platform for the Americas Este enlace se abre en una nueva ventanaInteractive Database on the Health Situation in the Americas: PAHO Basic Indicators 2018 (latest data, data by indicator, data by country, rankings, comparisons, trends, and maps)
- WHO - ENHIS Environment and Health Information System Este enlace se abre en una nueva ventana
Information system aiming to support public health and environmental policies in the WHO European Region. The system is an interactive database, composed of country-level indicators and regional assessments (fact sheets). The fact sheets also include information on how data is obtained and how the indicators are calculated. ENHIS indicators provide information on exposures, health outcomes and policy actions related to the environment and health priority areas for the European Region known as Regional Priority Goals (RPGs)
Methodologies and classifications
Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment, 2022 update /
Fecha de publicación: 2022
Evolution of WHO air quality guidelines: past, present and future (2017) / Fecha de publicación: 2017
Targets and indicators for Health 2020. Version 4 / Fecha de publicación: 2018