Environment and health performance review: Estonia
Abstract
This report describes and evaluates the current environment and health situation inEstonia. It evaluates the strong and weak points of the national environment andhealth status and presents recommendations from independent experts. Theconclusions and recommendations are based on a detailed environment and healthperformance review carried out in the country. The review identified the mostimportant environment and health problems, evaluated the public health impact ofenvironmental exposure and reviewed the policy and institutional framework takinginto account the institutional set-up, the policy setting and legal framework, thedegree and structural functioning of intersectoral collaboration and the tools availablefor action.The WHO Regional Office for Europe developed this project to follow up thecommitments made by Member States at the Fourth Ministerial Conference onEnvironment and Health in Budapest in June 2004 to reduce children’s exposure toenvironmental hazards. The project was designed to provide the evidence base fordeveloping and implementing such action. The environment and health performancereviews are country-based interdisciplinary assessments the WHO Regional Office forEurope carries out at the request of Member States. Through the environment andhealth performance reviews, Member States receive support in reforming andupgrading the overall public health system.Citation
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. (2009). Environment and health performance review: Estonia. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/107947
Description
146 p.Document number
EUR/09/5077776WHO/EURO:2009-8610-48382-71828