Air Pollution

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Announcements

2008 World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Washington, D.C. May 1st., 2008.- Director's closing remarks at PAHO HQ Ceremony.
'Since the launch of the PAHO Workers' Health Regional Plan of Action in 1999, several milestones have been attained to help improve the lives and well-being of million of workers, their families, and communities in the Americas. Over the years, there has been an increase in awareness of the role and influence of our environment and workplace environment on our health. This has been possible through the advocacy and work of local, national, and international leaders in the field of occupational and environmental health. This day provides us with an opportunity to recognize the commitment of the global community that works towards a common goal: improving the health and safety of workers.'
Director's closing remarks »
Director's Newslettter - 2008 World Day for Safety and Health at Work »(2/May/2008)
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TIME TO ACT: Protecting Health from Climate Change
Google News. April 11, 2008.- Google News asked Dr. Roses to write a special comment related to the theme of the World Health Day 2008 celebration: “Protecting Health from Climate Change”.
Global health put at risk by climate change. "The effect of climate change over health is neither a minor issue nor a theoretical possibility: it is already happening, here and now, and it is related to major public health problems.
You are also invited to comment at her BLog: Comment from Google News by Mirta Roses, Director, Pan American Health Organization » (12/Apr/2008)
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PAHO and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work signed an Arrangement to strengthen and improve safety and health at work in the Americas. Madrid, España. Julio 6, 2006.
Dr Mirta Roses Periago, Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, signed a cooperation arrangement on the exchange of information on workers’ health.(10/Jul/2006)
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Books

Handbook for a safe and healthy school - A healthy environment for children
This manual provides specific guidelines for safe and healthy schools in Suriname and aims at policy makers, school management and boards, headmasters and teachers and guides their attention to specific environmental health related problem areas and offers appropriate solutions for school environments. This manual contains the experiences of several projects executed in the period 2000-2005, which aimed to improve environmental health conditions at schools. This manual is divided into 8 chapters. This book also highlights the commitment and participation of students in health and environmental health issues and activities at school. We advice all teachers to stimulate, encourage and actively support the establishment and functioning of student health, environmental and safety clubs.(31/Oct/2005)
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Other Resources

World No Tobacco Day 2004: Tobacco and Poverty, a vicious circle
Together, tobacco and poverty create a vicious circle. Tobacco not only impoverishes those who use it, it puts an enormous financial burden on countries. The money spent on tobacco cannot be spent on basic human needs as food, shelter, education and health care, and the high costs of tobacco use at the national level in terms of health care and loss of productivity, among others, are often neglected.(24/Oct/2005)
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Periodical Publications

Perspectives in Health - Volume 1, Number 1, 1996
Magazine published twice a year by the Pan American Health Organization. This edition features the following articles: The Camera Lens as Chronicler - Relearning Lessons of the Greeks - The Economics of the Heart - Designing With Disaster in Mind - Fred Cuny, Formulator of Fast-Track Relief(2/Apr/2000)
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Technical Documents

Guía de Preparativos de Salud Frente a Erupciones Volcánicas
La nueva Guía de Preparativos de Salud Frente a Erupciones Volcánicas brinda material de apoyo para la preparación de planes de contingencia del sector de la salud para enfrentarse a estas emergencias. Consta de cinco módulos e incluye un CD con presentaciones en PowerPoint para cada módulo, una descripción de la situación de los volcanes en Ecuador y Venezuela y publicaciones de referencia.(11/May/2005)
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Chronic Lung Disorders.
This chapter of the book "Building Better Health: A Handbook of Behavioral Change"discusses how respiratory diseases can be prevented, even more easily than cured. Emphysema and all respiratory cancers could all be rare if only society applied the knowledge that it already has to prevent them. Risk factors as indoor and outdoor air pollution and primary prevention as well as secondary prevention (screening of workers) are discussed. This chapter also covers tuberculosis, since it is a chronic disease of the lungs. Pages 227-235 (Building Better Health: A Handbook of Behavioral Change, © PAHO, 2003) ((You can purchase this chapter)(13/Oct/2003)
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