Sustainable Development and Environmental Health (SDE)

About
The Area of Sustainable Development and Environmental Health (SDE) of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) represents a multidisciplinary team that, together with other technical areas and collaborating centers, leads innovative, intersectoral and strategic efforts to address the determinants of health, to reduce health risks and to promote healthy social and physical environments where people live, study, work and play as a substantial and essential element of Human Security for Sustainable Development and health equity.

SDE Health Topics
Health Promotion and Determinants of Health
   •  Determinants of Health
   •  Health Promotion and Healthy Settings          
         • Urban Health   
         • Healthy Municipalities and Communities   
         • Health Promoting Schools
         • Health Promoting Universities
         • EcoJoven and Youth Networks
         • Communication and Social Mobilization
   •  Active Living and Health Eating
         • Active Living and Physical Activity
         • Healthy Eating   
   •  Violence and Injury Prevention
        • Road Safety
        • Intra-family violence

   
Environmental and Occupational Risks 
   •  Children's Environmental Health  
   •  Climate Change and Health
   •  Health Risk Assessment
         • WHOPES Project    
         • Project DDT   
   •  Health and Tourism
   •  Water and Sanitation
   •  Workers' Health
   •  Human Security
     
Mental Health and Consumers Protection 
   •  Alcohol and Substance Abuse
   •  Mental Health   
   •  Tobacco Control

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
    • MDGs
    • Faces, Voices and Places

SDE Collaborating Centers

Resources:


BIREME (Biblioteca Regional de Medicina)
Latin-American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information
   •  Virtual Health Library
  

Virtual Library of Sustainable Development and Environmental Health (BVSDE)