Monitoring and evidence on climate change and health
WHO coordinates reviews of the scientific evidence on the links between climate change and health and helps to shape a global research agenda.
Working closely with health ministries and research centers around the world, WHO gathers and analyses information about climate change health impacts and the level of preparedness of different countries to deal with these.
Through a series of health and climate change country profiles, WHO monitors the health impacts of climate change and the progress in building climate resilient health systems in a wide range of countries.
WHO conducts research and collects evidence on the opportunities for health gains from mitigation of Short-Lived and other climate pollutants. These health co-benefits far outweigh the costs of meeting climate change goals and are an important driver for the socio-political acceptance of the necessary changes across sectors.Human health is strongly determined by environmental health,
such as through ecosystem goods and services, biodiversity, land
degradation and desertification, water services and urban
health. WHO monitors the environmental determinants of health, as well as the
public health implications of global environmental change.
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Publications
All →A comprehensive integrated review of malaria, leishmaniasis, filariasis and dengue control programmes...
Providing free health care, the health system of Sri Lanka has achieved significant successes; this has led to high immunization coverage and impressive...
Cupping therapy: descriptive synthesis of training
Cupping therapy: descriptive synthesis of training presents an evidence-informed overview of how cupping therapy training is reported and organized across...
Priority indicators to monitor the impact of heat exposure on maternal, newborn and child health
As the frequency, duration and intensity of extreme heat events increase, pregnant and postpartum women, newborns and children face growing risks to their...