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The World Health Organisation (WHO) aims to build a better, healthier future for people all over the world. Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people.

CCAC Activities

Activity | Household Energy
Togo | Ongoing
Togo's energy consumption comes mainly from three sources: biomass, petroleum products, and electricity. The consumption of biomass comes entirely from internal resources within the country. Firewood...
Togo_Cooking_HEART. Photo: MD Duran on Unsplash
Activity | Health, National Planning and Policy
Ghana | Ongoing
The Urban Health and Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Project promotes air pollution reduction strategies by mobilizing and empowering the health sector, and by demonstrating the full range of...
Urban Health Initiative stakeholder meeting in Accra, Ghana
Workstream | Health, National Planning and Policy
Ongoing
The health benefits from policies to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) include fewer premature deaths from air pollution-related diseases, as well as a reduction in car traffic and related...
Doctor in Ghana
Activity | Health, National Planning and Policy
Ongoing
BreatheLife is a global campaign that mobilizes cities and individuals to take action on air pollution to protect our health and the planet. The campaign is led by the World Health Organization (WHO...
BreatheLife

Resources

2019 | Guidelines & Tools

WHO/Europe's software tool AirQ+ performs calculations that allow quantification of the health effects of exposure to air pollution, including estimates of the reduction in life expectancy....

AirQ+
2018 | Guidelines & Tools

Climate change affects health through a range of different pathways: from extreme weather events, to infectious disease, to water and food security. The actions that would be necessary to keep...

The 1.5 Health Report
2016 | Online Training & Materials
, Ministerio del Ambiente del Perú; Programa de Naciones Unidas para Medio Ambiente; Coalición Clima y Aire Limpio

La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y la Coalición de Clima y Aire Limpio (CCAC) se han asociado en una campaña global de sensibilización acerca de la contaminación del aire y la salud:...

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