unhealthy levels of ambient air pollution, especially in densely populated, poor locations. The World Health Organization's (WHO … pollution is a public health crisis for South Asia, not only imposing high economic costs but also causing an estimated 2 … million premature deaths each year. The health impacts of air pollution range from respiratory infections to chronic diseases …

Health Organization considers healthy (5 micrograms per cubic meter). This pollution causes an estimated 2 million premature …South Asia is home to 9 of the world's 10 cities with the worst air pollution. Concentrations of fine particulate … deaths in the region each year and results in significant economic costs. Controlling air pollution is difficult without a …

Marine plastic pollution is threatening the potential of the blue economy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA … the World Bank to address marine plastic pollution by taking circular economy approaches. Reducing marine plastic … pollution makes socioeconomic sense. This report summarizes the experiences of Morocco and Tunisia to address marine plastic …

), provides an estimate of the health impacts of current concentrations of air pollutants in the Republic of Slovakia across its … can be conducted in the future. The study is motivated by the need to better understand the extent of the health … consequences of the levels of ambient air pollution in Slovakia (which is among the highest in Europe) and to evaluate different …

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …

Human capital is the combination of knowledge, skills and health that people accumulate throughout their lives, which … quality and availability of maternal and child health services more generally. Simply put, countries which invest heavily in …, the government of Malawi is implementing its ambitious Second Health Sector Strategic Plan (2017-2022) and an aligned …

Air pollution is a major cause of death and disease. 'Ambient air pollution' refers to contamination of outdoor air …; 'household air pollution' refers to contamination of indoor air. Ambient (or outdoor) air pollution is the world's leading … environmental risk to health and the cause of morbidity and mortality from diseases such as ischemic heart disease, lung cancer …

continued to rise. Air pollution's significant health, social, and economic effects compel the World Bank to support client … countries in addressing air pollution as a core development challenge. This publication estimates that the global cost of health … pollution's health damages, this publication aims to support policy makers and decision-makers in client countries in …

(LMICs). Reducing PM2.5 air pollution is thus crucial for improving public-health outcomes in those countries. Measuring and …Outdoor air pollution accounts for an estimated 4.2 million deaths worldwide, the majority of which are caused by … exposure to fine particulate matter (or PM2.5) air pollution. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries …

make it more sustainable and improving environmental (and health) conditions for its citizens. They can help to raise …