Environmental health : bridging the gaps

This discussion paper: a) proposes a new approach of targeted collaboration among different sectors; b) devises new tools or enhances existing ones to facilitate the contributions of different sectors to help relieve health problems; and c) puts theory into practice through a pilot in Ghana. The rep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Listorti, James A
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Other Authors: Doumani, Fadi M
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2001
Series:World Bank discussion paper no. 422
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Table of Contents:
  • How to use this volume
  • Acronym list
  • Executive summary
  • Pt. 1: Harmonizing sectoral priorities: a new approach to environmental health
  • 1. Challenges of environmental health in developing countries
  • 2. Developing solutions through targeted collaboration
  • 3. Socioeconomic justification and challenges
  • 4. Gathering and analyzing information for envionmental health
  • 5. Preparing an environmental health profile
  • 6. Adapting environmental assessments or preparing environmental health assessments
  • Pt. 2: Environmental health assessment guidelines
  • 7. Environmental health background analyses
  • 8. Cross-sectoral linkages:agriculture and rural development sector
  • 9.Cross-sectoral linkages with the energy sector
  • 10. Cross sectoral linkages: environment sector
  • 11. Cross-sectoral linkages: industry sector
  • 13. Cross-sectoral linkages: infrastructure sector
  • 14. Global issues
  • Pt 3. Putting theory into parctice: a case study in Ghana
  • 15. Ghana sample sectoral profiles
  • 16.SAmple institutional needs assessment from Ghana
  • 17. Sample workshop on targeted collaboration in Ghana
  • Anexes
  • References
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography.