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Preventing disease through healthy environments : a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks / A Pruss-Ustun [and four others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pruss-Ustun, Annette, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental health.
- Environmental monitoring.
- Health risk assessment.
- Genre:
- Statistics
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 147 pages) : colour illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- [Second edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, 2016.
- Summary:
- "The main message emerging from this new comprehensive global assessment is that premature death and disease can be prevented through healthier environments--and to a significant degree. Analysing the latest data on the environment-disease nexus and the devastating impact of environmental hazards and risks on global health, backed up by expert opinion, this report covers more than 130 diseases and injuries. The analysis shows that 23% of global deaths (and 26% of deaths among children under five) are due to modifiable environmental factors--and therefore can be prevented. Stroke, ischaemic heart disease, diarrhoea and cancers head the list. People in low-income countries bear the greatest disease burden, with the exception of noncommunicable diseases. The report's unequivocal evidence should add impetus to coordinating global efforts to promote healthy environments--often through well-established, cost-effective interventions. This analysis will inform those who want to better understand the transformational spirit of the Sustainable Development Goals agreed by Heads of State in September 2015. The results of the analysis underscore the pressing importance of stronger intersectoral action to create healthier environments that will contribute to sustainably improving the lives of millions around the world."-- provided by Publisher.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methods: estimating the environmental burden of disease
- 3. Results: a systematic analysis of fractions attributable to the environment, by disease Infectious and parasitic diseases
- 4. Discussion: leveraging environment-health links
- 5. Conclusion: towards healthy environments.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789240695788
- OCLC:
- 944520548
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