Événement Conférence
The Effects of Pollution on Health: Current risk and possible solutions | GHF2022
05 Mai 2022
11:00–12:30
Lieu: CICG | Room B & Online
Organisation: Global Alliance on Health and Pollution
This event taking place at the Geneva Health Forum 2022 showcased how a multisectoral approach can work along for engaging in the process of combating the impacts of pollution to human health.
About the Session
The Global Alliance on Health and Pollution is a network of 65+ international and national level agencies committed to a collaborative, multi-sectoral approach to address the global pollution crisis and the resulting health and economic impacts. GAHP regularly collaborates with country government Ministries of Health and Environment, United Nations agencies, academia, the private sector, and civil society to raise awareness of the effects of pollution on health.
The alarming data from the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health of 2017 publication identified pollution as the most significant environmental cause of premature death on the planet, responsible for 9 million deaths each year. Air pollution is responsible for around 4-5 million deaths, with 2 million of the 9 million attributable to chemical exposure alone. (Update publication scheduled for Mid-2022)
Speakers
Elaine Fletcher
Editor-in-Chief, Health Policy Watch | Moderator
Rachael Kupka
Executive Director, Global Alliance on Health and Pollution
H.E. Tatiana Eddie Razafindravao
Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d'affaires a.i., Permanent Mission of the Republic of Madagascar to the United Nations Office and specialized institutions in Geneva
Liz Arnanz Daugan
Policy and Advocacy Manager, NCD Alliance
Cristina O’Callaghan
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) & Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) GAHP
Video
This event was streamed live on Facebook.
Presentations
- Pollution: A Global Health Crisis | Rachael Kupka
- The Fight Against Pollution in Madagascar | H.E. Tatiana Eddie Razafindravao
- The effects of pollution on health: Social determinants and the impact on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) | Liz Arnanz Daugan
- Oil extraction related pollution and environmental health | Cristina O’Callaghan