This synthesis highlights key findings of the Environment Linkages Initiative, and introduces a "tool-kit" to support integration of environment and health considerations into decision-making. The report represents the culmination of a two-year process of working with stakeholders to identify: current gaps in knowledge and tools that preclude better decisions; strategies for addressing those gaps; a clearinghouse of linked health and environment knowledge and resources; linked health and environment guidance on assessment procedures; and pilot-testing of the approaches in the field.Each chapter outlines a key theme, and refers the reader to detailed background reports and information sources available on the CD-ROM that accompanies the report.
Author(s): WHO
Edition: 1
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 85
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......Page 12
I. DEFINING THE LINKAGES......Page 16
1. Environmental hazards and health impacts......Page 17
3. Ecosystem frameworks for health and environment......Page 19
4. Focus on vulnerable populations......Page 23
5. Towards integrated packages of interventions for linked health and environment action......Page 25
1. Drivers of health and environment decision-making......Page 26
2. Health and environment ministries: a closer look......Page 28
4. Bridging the evidence-to-policy gap......Page 30
6. Engaging decision-makers and stakeholders......Page 31
7. Communication with decision-makers and stakeholders......Page 32
1. Current practice and problems in HIA and EIA......Page 34
3. Health impact assessment......Page 35
4. Enabling conditions for effective impact assessment......Page 36
1. Quantifying population health impacts......Page 38
2. Making the economic case for health and the environment......Page 39
4. Relating economic valuation to policy-making......Page 42
2. Guiding principles......Page 44
3. Defining the decision-making and assessment scenario......Page 45
4. Step by step process components......Page 46
VI. THE PILOT PROJECTS: Jordan, Thailand and Uganda......Page 50
1. Jordan: water is life......Page 51
2. Thailand: reducing environmental risks and enhancing health through sustainable agriculture......Page 59
3. Uganda: livestock, ecosystems and development......Page 72
1. Reconciling fragmented approaches......Page 82
3. Critical link to the achievement of global development priorities......Page 84
REFERENCES......Page 86
