Comparable information on environment and health in the pan-European Region

Information on environment and health is often scattered across many institutions and gathered in non-standardized format. This site hosts comparable data and information on priority environment and health issues, selected on the basis of international policy frameworks on environment and health. Its content includes:

- a core set of indicators, selected on the basis of relevance and availability of data, describing environmental exposures, health effects and policy measures for these issues. These indicators are also meant to help monitoring and evaluating progress made towards national and international commitments taken by countries;

- a series of indicator-based assessments (“fact sheets”), providing an analysis of core issues across the Region;

- country information for the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region;

- an overview of policies on core issues, at both national and international level, and topic-based comparative policy assessments across 18 countries;

- methodological guidance on the core set of indicators, to facilitate harmonization and dissemination of methods used within ENHIS and validated by international experts;

- guidance and examples of health impact assessments, showing the potential health benefits of policy actions and interventions aimed at reducing exposure to environmental risk factors.

Use and users of environment and health information for the pan-European Region

Decision-makers can find in this site data and tools for prioritizing, planning and evaluating national and local policies and interventions. Citizens and professionals can use it to keep informed about environment and health issues, policies and good practices.

Information and underlying data can be accessed by risk factor or by health effect. Use the left menu to navigate the site, or the search box to directly access all the of information concerning your search item.