Health Links

Environmental health

International Labour Organisation (ILO): occupational health
ILO's Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre works to ensure that workers and everyone concerned with their protection have access to the facts they need to prevent occupational injuries and diseases.
www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/index.htm

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
IWMI carries out research on the ways water use in agriculture impacts human health and the environment.
www.iwmi.cgiar.org/health/

IRCDOC
The International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) provides an online document database with 16,000 references. Records are indexed manually by information specialists at IRC and its partners.
www.irc.nl/page/7342

UNICEF: water, environment and sanitation
UNICEF works in more than 90 countries around the world to improve water supplies and sanitation facilities in schools and communities, and to promote safe hygiene practices.
www.unicef.org/wes/index.html

WaterAid
International NGO working with partners to help poor people in developing countries achieve sustainable improvements in the quality of life by improved domestic water supply, sanitation and hygiene practices.
www.wateraid.org.uk/

Water, Engineering and Development Centre, UK (WEDC)
WEDC is concerned with the planning, provision and management of physical infrastructure for development in low and middle-income countries.
wedc.lboro.ac.uk/

WELL
WELL is a resource centre network providing access to information and support in water, sanitation and environmental health for the UK Department for International Development.
www.lboro.ac.uk/well/

World Bank: clean air initiative (CAI)
CAI advances innovative ways to improve air quality in cities by sharing knowledge and experiences through partnerships in selected regions of the world.
www.cleanairnet.org/cai/1403/channel.html

World Health Organisation: protection of the human environment
This site covers a large array of environmental health topics, such as indoor air pollution, global environmental change occupational health. A range publications and factsheets are available.
www.who.int/phe/en/