Category: Pollution and Health

Calling for a Science-Policy Interface on Pollution, Health, and Environment

Exposure to pollution leads to over 9 million deaths per year. This is greater than the number of deaths caused by smoking, hunger, natural disasters, war, AIDS, or malaria.[i] Air pollution, […]

Notes from the Field: The Beginnings of a Health and Pollution Action Plan in Madagascar

Madagascar is taking exciting steps to reduce on pollution, protect the country’s natural beauty, and promote the health of all Malagasy people. The government of Madagascar recently approached the Global Alliance […]

Top Ten Countries Turning the Corner on Toxic Pollution- 2014

Environmental pollution: An enormous and invisible burden on health systems in low- and middle-income countries

Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining and Mercury Contamination – Draft Nov. 2014

Burden of Disease from Chemical Contamination

The Global Health Footprint of Development

Toxic Pollution in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

WHO Human Health Risk Assessment Toolkit: Chemical Hazards

Health Impact Assessment