-- World Health Organization (WHO) / United Nations Evironment Programme (UNEP) - First Inter-ministerial Conference on Health and Environment in Africa --

Press Releases

	African Health and Environment Ministers Join to defend Health from Environmental Harm 29 August 2008 \| Libreville, Gabon - Health and Environment Ministers in Africa have resolved to build a strategic health and environment alliance to reduce environmental threats to human health and well-being. [English], [Français]

	WHO and UNEP Join to Combat Environment-Related Disease in Africa Friday 22 August 2008 \| Libreville, Gabon - Diseases caused by environmental change are responsible for too many deaths in Africa.

	Climate Change will Erode the Foundations of Health 7 April 2008 \| GENEVA - Scientists tell us that the evidence the Earth is warming is "unequivocal." Increases in global average air and sea temperature, ice melting and rising global sea levels all help us understand and prepare for the coming challenges. [Français] [ Español ]

	WHO calls for global action to "protect health from climate change" 23 October 2007 \| GENEVA - As momentum for action on climate change continues to grow, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it will focus its World Health Day 2008 theme on “protecting health from climate change.”

	New country-by-country data show in detail the impact of environmental factors on health 13 June 2007 \| GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) released the first ever country-by-country analysis of the impact environmental factors have on health.

Media Resources
Media Backgrounder on the Conference [English], [Portuguese] Facts and Figures - Focus on Africa [English], [Portuguese] Expected Conference Outcomes - Issues Briefing on the Challenges and Solutions [English], [Portuguese]