Environment, Climate Change, One Health and Migration
We work to prevent disease and promote health by addressing key areas of environmental health including climate change, clean energy; air quality; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); and chemicals and radiation. Health threats are addressed through a One Health approach....
Chemical Safety and Health: Chemical incidents and poisonings
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4 December 2025
Prioritizing food safety issues related to chemical water quality in agrifood systems
Reliable access to safe and sufficient water is critical to food security and protecting public health. However, water systems face unprecedented pressure...
14 January 2021
Guidelines for establishing a poison centre
This publication is an update of the Guidelines for poison control, published by WHO in 1997 under the auspices of the International Programme on Chemical...
The document gives an overview of the role and activities of the health sector at all stages of the risk-management cycle. Hazard-specific annexes provide...