South-East Asian Children’s Environmental Health: networking to improve health outcomes
Major progress has been made in improving the health of vulnerable populations, especially children and pregnant women in low and middle income countries after the launch of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000. While fewer children die, many now face the prospect of years lived with disability...
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Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bh
2017-11-01
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| author | Peter D. Sly Neeranuch Arphacharus Wai Phyo Aung Gwen W. Coleman Mary V Gamble Joseph Graziano Doan Ngoc Hai Dennis L. Henshaw Panida Navasumrit Beerappa Ravichandran Mathuros Ruchirawat William A. Suk Ugyen Tshering |
| author_facet | Peter D. Sly Neeranuch Arphacharus Wai Phyo Aung Gwen W. Coleman Mary V Gamble Joseph Graziano Doan Ngoc Hai Dennis L. Henshaw Panida Navasumrit Beerappa Ravichandran Mathuros Ruchirawat William A. Suk Ugyen Tshering |
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| description | Major progress has been made in improving the health of vulnerable populations, especially children and pregnant women in low and middle income countries after the launch of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000. While fewer children die, many now face the prospect of years lived with disability (YLD) from chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The estimate for the total YLD for children under-5 years of age for South-East Asia was 2,780,104 in 2015. To improve the health outcomes for children globally, the World Health Organization’s Department of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health has designated a number of collaborating centres, each with differing areas of expertise. The collaborating centres have formed a network to address children’s environmental health (CEH) issues at the local, national, regional and international levels. However, many gaps in knowledge exist. To further this aim, the 1st Regional Workshop of South-East Asian Children’s Environmental Health was held at the Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, on 18th November 2016. The workshop was attended by three of WHO Collaborating Centres with representatives of five regional countries of Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Workshops such as this one are designed to bring together researchers and policy makers from regionals areas to identify and close gaps in knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a73731b7b3e4178916b22acaa439a102023-10-25T10:15:53ZengKhesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of BhBhutan Health Journal2413-29932415-11142017-11-0132151810.47811/bhj.4849South-East Asian Children’s Environmental Health: networking to improve health outcomesPeter D. Sly0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6305-2201Neeranuch Arphacharus1Wai Phyo Aung2Gwen W. Coleman3Mary V Gamble4Joseph Graziano5Doan Ngoc Hai6Dennis L. Henshaw7Panida Navasumrit8Beerappa Ravichandran9Mathuros Ruchirawat10William A. Suk11Ugyen Tshering12Children’s Health and Environment Program, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia.Bureau of Environmental Health, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand.Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Sports, Yangon, Myanmar.Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA.Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York, USA.Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA.National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ha Noi City, Vietnam.Children with Cancer, London, UK.Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand.Regional Occupational Health Centre, Bangalore, India.Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand.Superfund Research Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USADepartment of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, BhutanMajor progress has been made in improving the health of vulnerable populations, especially children and pregnant women in low and middle income countries after the launch of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000. While fewer children die, many now face the prospect of years lived with disability (YLD) from chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The estimate for the total YLD for children under-5 years of age for South-East Asia was 2,780,104 in 2015. To improve the health outcomes for children globally, the World Health Organization’s Department of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health has designated a number of collaborating centres, each with differing areas of expertise. The collaborating centres have formed a network to address children’s environmental health (CEH) issues at the local, national, regional and international levels. However, many gaps in knowledge exist. To further this aim, the 1st Regional Workshop of South-East Asian Children’s Environmental Health was held at the Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, on 18th November 2016. The workshop was attended by three of WHO Collaborating Centres with representatives of five regional countries of Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Workshops such as this one are designed to bring together researchers and policy makers from regionals areas to identify and close gaps in knowledge.https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/49 |
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| title | South-East Asian Children’s Environmental Health: networking to improve health outcomes |
| title_full | South-East Asian Children’s Environmental Health: networking to improve health outcomes |
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| title_short | South-East Asian Children’s Environmental Health: networking to improve health outcomes |
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