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… the atmospheric contamination contributes to respiratory disease. Mercury containing hospital products that are … substances, in particular asbestos, which can cause lung disease. The poor, and particularly women, children and the … are ambitious, and include curbing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and …

… prevalence worldwide of NCDs, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and mental illness, with the WHO … the global increase in NCDs, as well as climate-sensitive disease and the risks of disease transmission between wildlife and people; NOTING that …

… It also aims to inform policy-makers of the burden of disease associated with lead exposure as a stimulus to … 18 children died from an aggressive central nervous system disease of unexplained origin in a neighbourhood of Dakar in … development in children and on cardiovascular disease in adulthood. In children the greater risk of reduced …

… Development Goals (MDGs), to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and … healthier. In some countries, more than one third of the disease burden could be prevented through environmental … main victims and make up 74% of deaths due to diarrhoeal disease and lower respiratory infections. Low income …

… (WHO) published its latest estimates of the burden of disease related to ambient (outdoor) and household (indoor) … peak ozone exposure since the 1990s. However the burden of disease from ozone is not restricted to exposure during … as one of the top10 causes of the global burden of disease. Air pollution policy can significantly contribute to …

… on from mothers to children – infants were "born" with the disease. New cases continued to appear into the 1980s. There … killing or repelling the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a disease that annually kills 1 million children under the age …

… are tested for their effectiveness against particular disease PROCEEDINGS OF A GLOBAL SYNTHESIS WORKSHOP ON …