64 World Health Assembly
Geneva, Switzerland
16–24 May 2011
Issues related to Public Health and Environment (PHE) to be discussed at the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly (WHA) include: Cholera and mechanisms for its control and prevention, safe management of drinking-water, management of obsolete pesticides and chemicals, sound management of waste and climate change and health.
A technical briefing addressing Public health concerns of radiation will take place on 17 May from 12:30 to 14:00h in Room XII (12).
A side event on Climate change, vulnerable population protection and sustainability: from Cancun to Durban and Rio will also take place on 17 May from 18:00 to 20:00h in Room IV (4).
Cholera: mechanism for control and prevention
Agenda items discussion this year include a resolution on cholera.
Strategies for the safe management of drinking-water for human consumption
Agenda items discussion this year include a resolution on water sanitation.
Highlights
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Progress reports
- Climate change and health (resolutions WHA61.19) - section C
- Improvement of health through sound management of obsolete pesticides and other obsolete chemicals (resolution WHA63.26) - section D
- Improvement of health through safe and environmentally sound waste management (resolution WHA63.25) - section E-
Progress reports (sections: C, D and E)
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Progress reports (sections: C, D and E)
Publications
- Ten chemicals of major public health concern
- Preventing disease through healthy environment
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Protecting health from climate change: Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessment
pdf, 3.78Mb - Health in the Green Economy
- Healthy hospitals, healthy planet, healthy people: addressing climate change in health care settings
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Oral cholera vaccines in mass immunization campaigns: Guidance for Planning and Use
[pdf 2.8Mb] - Cholera outbreak: assessing the outbreak response and improving preparedness
- First steps for managing an outbreak of acute diarrhoea
- Acute diarrhoeal diseases in complex emergencies: critical steps
- JMP Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-Water: 2010 Update
Multimedia
- Video on the use of Oral Cholera Vaccines in Zanzibar
- Documentary 1 - Climate change is profoundly bad for health… as carbon goes up health goes down
- Documentary 2 - Reducing green house gases emissions can be profoundly beneficial to health…. As carbon goes down health goes up
- Documentary 3 - The health impacts of climate change are socially unjust
