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Implementation status and monitoring of a environmental health-related index in relation to Sustainable Development Goals

Authors
Kim, Kyung Hee
Issue Date
Aug-2017
Publisher
KOREAN MEDICAL ASSOC
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals; Health; Environmental health; United Nations; Official development assistance
Citation
JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, v.60, no.8, pp 662 - 671
Pages
10
Indexed
SCOPUS
ESCI
KCI
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume
60
Number
8
Start Page
662
End Page
671
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/82722
DOI
10.5124/jkma.2017.60.8.662
ISSN
1975-8456
2093-5951
Abstract
The environmental health goals that are directly and indirectly related with the health goals of the Sustainable Development Goals are connected with the goals and targets of Goal 6 (clean water and sanitation), Goal 7 (affordable and clean energy), Goal 11 (sustainable cities and communities), Goal 12 (responsible consumption and production), Goal 13 (climate action), Goal 14 (life below water), Goal 15 (life on land) and Goal 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions). For example, air pollution can cause such non-communicable diseases as lung cancer and increase the risk of acute respiratory diseases. The World Health Organization reported in 2016 that, in 2012, around 8,710,000 people had died in the world due to the pollution of drinking water, waters and soil, along with inadequate sanitary facilities and services. The World Health Organization also reported that around 4.3 million people had died of ischemic heart diseases, strokes, chronic lung diseases, lung cancer and pediatric pneumonia due to inefficient energy use when cooking at home. These figures show the importance of environmental factors in relation to health. When policy makers carry forward goals and policy measures focused on diseases in consideration of associations among related areas, there is insufficient access to necessary knowledge, means and technologies. Korea has to determine the level and scope for developing a domestic implementation index, while developing a monitoring index in relation to the global index. Consequently, comprehensive achievement of the health goals of Sustainable Development Goal at home and abroad requires a cross-sectoral approach involving comprehensive participation by all stakeholders including the state, corporations and civil society to overcome the segmentalization of goals, beyond improving the existing policies.
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