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One Health for One Planet

WebOne Health is an effort to integrate human, animal, agricultural and ecosystem health to improve outcomes and address the triple planetary crisis. A One …

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How embracing the One Health approach can create a …

WebOne Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. It recognizes that …

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The guide to implementing the One Health Joint Plan of …

WebDiscover the latest milestone in global health collaboration with the release of 'The guide to implementing the One Health Joint Plan of Action at national level ' by the Quadripartite …

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UNEP One Health UNEP

WebIn March 2022, four international agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the UN …

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The Quadripartite launches a guide to support countries …

WebThe Quadripartite launches a guide to support countries implement One Health approach

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The One Health approach is good for people, animals, …

WebAdopting a One Health approach - thus recognizing that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment - offers …

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The Greatest Wealth is Health

WebPerhaps, however, the one that best defines how central well-being is to human happiness and prosperity was coined over 2,000 years ago by the Roman poet Virgil, when he said, …

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Nature for health

WebThe health impacts of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste – what we call the triple planetary crisis – are all around us. They are …

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Healthy Environment, Healthy People

WebThe UNEP Healthy Environment, Healthy People report indicates that lack of access to clean water and sanitation causes 58 per cent of cases of diarrhoeal diseases in low and …

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Health and water quality

WebIntroductionWater quality has been closely related to human health 1 ever since John Snow linked a cholera outbreak in London to contaminated water in 1855.2 Vibrio cholerae in …

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Six reasons why a healthy environment should be a human right

WebEnvironmental rights and governance. Climate action. Sustainable development goals. Health. Biodiversity. Pollution. Rights. More than 150 countries have …

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Air Pollution Note – Data you need to know

WebAir pollution is a major global health crisis and causes one in nine deaths worldwide. Exposure to PM 2.5 reduced average global life expectancy by approximately …

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Pollution and health UNEP

WebThe health sector, through the One Health approach, plays a vital role in reducing pollution. UNEP collaborates with the entire UN system to transition to a …

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Why does environment, health and pollution matter

WebThrough the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the water we drink, we are intimately connected to nature, and in turn exposed to a cocktail of chemicals and materials. These …

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Five reasons you should care about air pollution

WebAir pollution goes to the heart of social justice and global inequality, disproportionately affecting poor people. In homes, air pollution comes mostly from fuels …

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Nominations open for 2024 Champions of the Earth Award with a …

WebThe Champions of the Earth award honours individuals and organizations whose actions have a transformative impact on the environment. UNEP seeks …

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Plastic Pollution

WebEvery day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million …

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Microplastics: The long legacy left behind by plastic pollution

WebOne of the most damaging and long-lived legacies of the plastic pollution crisis is microplastics, a growing threat to human and planetary health. These tiny plastic …

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Global Assessment of Soil Pollution

WebSoil pollution is a chemical degradation process that consumes fertile soils, with implications for global food security and human health. Soil pollution hampers the achievement of …

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