Ambitious Goal To Reduce Deaths From Air Pollution Centerpiece Of WHO Conference - Health Policy Watch

In Colombia, the second global WHO conference on air pollution and health is launched. According to the UN Health Organization, seven million people die a year from dirty air. By Michael Castritius.

7 million: that's the number of premature deaths caused each year worldwide by air pollution. The WHO is holding its second global conference on the subject in Cartagena, Colombia. A health scourge, but also an economic one: the cost of air pollution is estimated at billions of dollars [...] The post Air pollution: a major health problem first appeared on INTELLI.NEWS.

Cartagena (Colombia), 24 Mar (EFEverde).- Ministers of Health, environmental authorities and academics from all over the world will discuss in the Colombian city of Cartagena the evidence on the risks to the health of air pollution, a problem that causes seven million deaths each year. Convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Colombian Government, the Second World Conference on Atmospheric Pollution and Health, of three days durat…

Context Newsroom: How governments should cut air pollution – from a doctor - GCHA Board Member Yuri Carvajal

Clean air is a fundamental right, not a privilege. Yet as the World Health Organization’s second global conference on air pollution and health opens in Cartagena, Colombia, millions of people globally are breathing toxic air with devastating health consequences. The post Context Newsroom: How governments should cut air pollution – from a doctor – GCHA Board Member Yuri Carvajal appeared first on The Global Climate and Health Alliance.

Ambitious Goal To Reduce Deaths From Air Pollution Centerpiece Of WHO Conference - Health Policy Watch

CARTAGENA, Colombia – A tour bus emits a cloud of black diesel smoke in front of Cartagena’s glittering white conference center. It’s a vivid reminder that from the hottest tourist destinations to the slums of Latin America, Asia and Africa, nine out of ten people on the planet breathe dangerously unhealthy levels of air pollution […]