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According to a WHO statement, almost one quarter of the global burden of disease and approximately 12.6 million deaths each year are attributable to avoidable environmental risk factors, such as air, water and soil pollution, chemical exposures and ultraviolet radiation.

Global environmental and social changes, including climate change, exacerbate many of these risks, it added.

Despite the growing evidence of the effect of environmental risk factors on health, political action and investments remain largely insufficient: only about 3 percent of health resources are invested in prevention, with approximately 97 percent are spent on treatment, increasing he平價美白面膜|平價美白面膜推薦althcare costs, it pointed out.

Founder and CEO of Climate Analytics, Bill Hare (L) speaks during a press conference next to Niklas Hoehne, founding partner of NewClimate Institute, at the UN Climate Change Conference 2016 (CO日本egf精華液|日本egf精華液推薦P22) in Marrakech, Morocco, November 10, 2016. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

The meeting will bring together health and environment ministers to promote healthier environments for healthier people.

The meeting will bring together health and environment ministers to promote healthier environments for healthier people.

Despite the growing evidence of the effect of environmental risk factors on health, political action and investments remain largely insufficient: only about 3 percent of health resources are invested in prevention, with approximately 97 percent are spent on treatment, increasing healthcare costs, it pointed out.

Morocco, the WHO and the United Nations Environment Programme will host later in the day a ministerial meeting on health, environment and climate change.

MARRAKECH, Morocco, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Friday for giving health a central priority in the Climate Change Conference (COP22), currently held in Morocco, and including it in the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

Health gains represent major social and economic benefits of environmental protection, and therefore should be put forward as key motivating forces for public support and political action, it said.

The participants are expected to identify ways and means for a potential future coalition and a adopt Marrakesh declaration on health, environment and climate change.




Founder and CEO of Climate Analytics, Bill Hare (L) speaks during a press conference next to Niklas Hoehne, founding partner of NewClimate Institute, at the UN Climate Change Conference 2016 (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco, November 10, 2016. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Health gains represent major social and economic benefits of environmental protection, and therefore should be put forward as key motivating forces for public support and political action, it said.

According to a WHO statement, almost one quarter of the global burden of disease and approximately 12.6 million deaths each year are attributable to avoidable environmental risk factors, such as air, water and soil pollution, chemical exposures and ultraviolet radiation.

MARRAKECH, Morocco, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Friday for giving health a central priority in the Climate Change Conference (COP22), currently held in Mo深層潔顏膠|深層潔顏膠推薦rocco, and including it in the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

Global environmental and social changes, including climate change, exacerbate many of these risks, it added.

Morocco, the WHO and the United Nations Environment Programme will host later in the day a ministerial meeting on health, environment and climate change.

WHO urges focus on health in dealing with climate change

The participants are expected to identify ways and means for a potential future coalition and a adopt Marrakesh declaration on health, environment and clima青春精華露15ml|青春精華露15ml推薦te change.

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