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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Fact sheet: Climate change

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet presents an overview with key facts on climate change and WHO response in the African Region.

Fact sheetEnvironment, climate change and health

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

International minimum requirements for health protection at the workplace

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report provides an analysis of the current spectrum of global, regional and national norms including conventions, standards, directives, regulations, guides, and codes directly relating to protecting health in the workplace. It identifies gaps i...

ReportCommunicable diseasesEnvironment, climate change and health

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Protecting Health from Climate Change: Connecting Science, Policy and People

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This publication highlights that all populations will be affected by a changing climate, but the initial health risks vary greatly, depending on where and how people live.

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and health

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Public Health & Environment in the African Region: Report on the Work of WHO

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report presents the work of WHO in managing environmental determinants of human health in the African Region over the period 2010-2011. It highlights WHO’s progress in strengthening the policy framework and the strategic agenda during the bien...

ReportEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

WHO guidance to protect health from climate change through health adaptation planning

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This guidance document aims to ensure that the health sector works with partners in the environment and other related communities, and follows a systematic process to: Engage in the overall NAP process at the national level; identify national strateg...

GuideMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationEnvironment, climate change and healthPrimary health care+2

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World Health Organization

Quantitative risk assessment of the effects of climate change  on selected causes of death, 2030s and 2050s

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This publication is a WHO-released quantitative assessment of the health impacts of climate change. It constitutes an update and a further development of the assessment that was first published by WHO for the year 2000, now with a wider range of heal...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Second Global Conference Health and Climate report 2016

Report

17 Oct 2018

The 2016 conference showcased how the public health community will support the implementation of the Paris agreement, in order to build healthier and more sustainable societies.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Strengthening health resilience to climate change

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This is one of two technical background papers prepared as a basis for discussion at the WHO Health and Climate Conference. It provides a brief summary of the available evidence on the health impacts of climate change, and an outline of the necessary...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Our Planet, Our Health, our Future - Human Health and the Rio Conventions

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This report reviews the scientific evidence for the linkages between health and biodiversity, climate change and desertification, the representation of health in the corresponding Rio Conventions, and the opportunities for more integrated and effecti...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Promoting health while mitigating climate change

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This is one of two technical background papers prepared as a basis for discussion at the WHO Health and Climate Conference. It provides a brief summary of the available evidence on the health impacts (co-benefits and risks) of climate change mitigati...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization

Protecting health from climate change

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report provides an update of the evidence on health risks caused by climate change, describes which populations are most vulnerable, and outlines the actions that will be necessary to protect health from climate change.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Protecting health from climate change: Global research priorities

Publication

17 Oct 2018

WHO carried out a global consultation which brought experts on climate change, health and related disciplines together to produce background reports covering each of the themes identified by the WHA Resolution. This report presents the conclusions an...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health

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