Environmental health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 17, 2025 · Healthier environments could prevent almost one quarter of the global burden of disease. The COVID-19 pandemic is a further reminder of the delicate relationship between …
Age-friendly Environments - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 19, 2023 · The Age-friendly Environments Mentoring Programme (MENTOR-AFE) is a distance mentoring programme, established to develop skills to lead, influence and implement …
Strategic plan for the WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment …
Oct 14, 2025 · This focus on environmental health has created a strong foundation for system-wide change. This strategic plan builds directly on that work. Over the next five years, the …
Healthy environments: why do they matter and what can we do?
Jul 9, 2019 · This document aims to provide the rationale for action to improve health through healthy environments, and an overview of key actions to take. It aims to support policy-makers …
Children and young people’s mental health: the case for action
Jun 2, 2025 · WHO advocates for a comprehensive response to the mental health needs of children and young people, with a focus on strengthening policies and legislation; promoting …
A lesson in good nutrition: Creating healthy school food …
5 days ago · In 2021, Argentina enacted a law establishing national measures to promote healthy diets such as front-of-package warning labeling, regulation of food and beverage advertising, …
Webinar to launch the WHO Technical Package to Stop Obesity
Mar 4, 2025 · adapting environments to enable a healthy lifestyle creating knowledge, motivation, and skills for healthy behaviours transforming the health system to respond to the obesity …
Community engagement: a health promotion guide for universal …
Oct 5, 2020 · At its core, community engagement enables changes in behaviour, environments, policies, programmes and practices within communities. There are different levels, depths and …
Guidelines for safe recreational water environments Volume 2 …
Jan 2, 2006 · This volume of the Guidelines for Safe Recreational Water Environments describes the present state of knowledge regarding the impact of the recreational use of swimming pools …
Mortality from environmental pollution
Oct 24, 2024 · SDG Target 3.9 Reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination Healthier environments could …