Children's environmental health indicators

Protecting children from exposure to environmental hazards requires that we better understand the relationship between environmental conditions and health outcomes. Several recent international agreements, in particular the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and the G8 Ministerial Statement on the WSSD, have specifically highlighted the need for assessing the state of children’s environmental health (CEH) and monitoring progress, and have called for action to develop children’s environmental health indicators.

Concept of children's environmental health indicators

Global Initiative on Children's Environmental Health Indicators

Setting priorities for children's environmental health indicators

Regional pilots

Information resources

International organizations collecting information and reporting indicators relevant to children’s environmental health

List of partners

From theory to action: Implementing the WSSD Global Initiative on children's environmental health indicators

For further information, please contact:
cehindicators@who.int

Training modules available
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International CEHI Workshop: 10-11 April 2008
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The Health and Environment Lexicon
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CEH Profile Argentina
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CEHI Newsletter
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The environment and health for children and their mothers
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Posters and maps
adapted from Inheriting the World: The Atlas of Children's Health and the Environment
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Data review from international surveys
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Statistics
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Publications
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Fact sheets
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Press releases
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Indicators to improve children's environmental health
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Healthy Environments for Children Alliance
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Child and Adolescent Health and Development
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Family and Community Health
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WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition
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School Health and Youth Health Promotion
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Other links
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