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Chemicals road map workbook
Following approval by the 70th World Health Assembly of the WHO Chemicals Road Map, the WHO Secretariat developed a workbook that offers a...
Report from WHO sessions on the WHO chemicals road map at SAICM regional meetings: Jan-Feb 2018
The fourth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4) (28 September - 2 October 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland) initiated an...
Chemicals Road Map
In May 2017, the Seventieth World Health Assembly (WHA) approved the Road map to enhance health sector engagement in the Strategic Approach to International...
Case studies on the implementation of the Chemical Road Map
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Case study: managing the public health impact of chemical incidents in the Republic of Korea
The Republic of Korea has fortified its response to chemical incidents, aligning with WHO guidelines and the International Health Regulations. A robust...
Case study: Action Plan Phase 2 under the National Chemical Management Plan in Thailand
Thailand has sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle to enable good quality of life and the environment in compliance with the...
Case study: Regulating lead in paint in Morocco
With the aim to reduce or eliminate the health risk from lead in paint to humans, especially to young children,the Ministry of Health of Morocco...
Case study: development of the national road map for enhancing health sector engagement/contribution...
The goal of this project was to identify priority actions for strengthening sound chemicals management in Serbia till 2030, through multisectoral...