Advancing environmental public health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Korc, Marcelo; Hauchman, Fred S.

doi:10.26633/rpsp.2021.118

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“…Starting with an overview of the American continent and especially Latin America and the Caribbean countries, Korc and Hauchman ( 2021 ) made an important warning about the large number of people in several countries, such as the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Venezuela, Haiti, and Belize, that do not have clean primary sources to cook in their homes, needing to resort to the use of wood and charcoal and producing high levels of pollution, in the middle of 2018. These authors also showed that among the 35 American countries studied, only Canada and the USA had no annual records of PM 2.5 concentration above WHO recommendations in 2016, a very worrying scenario.…”

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2030 Agenda: discussion on Brazilian priorities facing air pollution and climate change challenges

Moura

Júnior

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The advance of human activities in a disorderly way has accelerated in recent decades, intensifying the environmental impacts directly linked to these practices. The atmosphere, essential for the maintenance of life, is increasingly saturated with pollutants, offering risks to practically all the inhabitants of the planet, a process that, in addition to causing illness and early mortality, is related to serious financial losses (including in the production of goods), dangerous temperature increase and severe natural disasters. Although this perception is not recent, the global initiative to control the different mechanisms that trigger the commitment of biodiversity and irreversible climate changes arising from pollution is still very incipient, given that global initiatives on the subject emerged just over 50 years ago. Brazil is a territory that centralizes many of these discussions, as it still faces both political and economic obstacles in achieving a sustainable growth model as it was agreed through the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Even though there is little time left for the completion of these goals, much remains to be done, and despite the fulfillment of this deadline, the works will certainly need to be extended for much longer until an effective reorientation of consciousness occurs. Scientific researches and discussions are fundamental tools to the understanding of issues still little explored in this field.

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2030 Agenda: discussion on Brazilian priorities facing air pollution and climate change challenges

Moura

Júnior

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…Addressing environmental infrastructure gaps is crucial for enhancing ECD in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region (Günther and Lahoti, 2021;Schady, 2015;Korc and Hauchman, 2021).…”

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Infrastructure Services and Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Water, Sanitation, and Garbage Collection

Balza,

Gómez Parra,

Cuartas

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Access to essential infrastructure services such as water, sanitation, and garbage collection can considerably affect children's environment and may play a significant role in shaping early childhood developmental and health outcomes. Using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), we show a significant positive association between access to water and sanitation and early childhood development, as well as reduced instances of stunting. In addition, we identify a negative association between access to improved garbage collection services and the rates of stunting and underweight among children under five. Our findings are robust after using alternative measures for access and controlling for individual, maternal, and household factors, alongside considerations of household wealth and caregiver's stimulation activities. Similarly, the economic relevance of the relationship is highlighted by the substantial gap relative to the size of the vulnerable groups, persisting even after adjusting for confounding variables. Our results also suggest that households may be able to lessen the potential impact of pollutants through mitigation measures such as treating water to make it safe for consumption, using handwashing cleansers, and storing household trash in lidded containers. The current findings underscore the importance of investing in basic infrastructure services as a critical component of comprehensive strategies to enhance early childhood development and health in low- and middle-income countries. We emphasize the importance of considering the quality and type of infrastructure services alongside their availability. Future research should incorporate more complete and detailed data to improve understanding of the causal relationship between water, sanitation, and garbage collection and early childhood development, as well as the mechanisms underlying the observed associations.

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“…El planeta se enfrenta a una triple emergencia medioambiental ligada al cambio climático, la contaminación y cambios en la biodiversidad, las cuales, según el último informe presentado por la ONU, (2021) suponen una seria amenaza para la humanidad, causando casi 9 millones de muertes prematuras por año, una cifra que duplica los fallecimientos a causa del Sars-Cov-2 en el mismo lapso, triplica la letalidad provocadas por enfermedades tales como sida, malaria y tuberculosis; y a su vez, multiplica por 15 las muertes ocasionadas por las guerras, los asesinatos y otras formas de violencia (Korc & Hauchman, 2021;ONU, 2021).…”

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El biólogo y su rol investigativo en biondicadores de la salud ambiental

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Antonio³

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El planeta se enfrenta a una triple emergencia medioambiental ligada al cambio climático, la contaminación y cambios en la biodiversidad, las cuales, suponen una seria amenaza para la humanidad, causando casi 9 millones de muertes prematuras por año. Es necesario identificar las herramientas y los actores que posean el alcance y las competencias, respectivamente, para ejecutar la teoría y la práctica en la evaluación, corrección, control y prevención de los retos que engloban esta triple emergencia medioambiental. Dentro del grupo de actores interdisciplinares que han abordado estos retos medioambientales, los biólogos se destacan por sus competencias en el estudio científico de los seres vivos y los procesos naturales que siguen todos los seres vivos, integrando ramas interdisciplinarias como la química y la física. En este Fórum exploramos el rol investigativo del biólogo en biondicadores de la salud ambiental, referenciando ejemplos relevantes de biólogos que buscan medir la salud y deterioro ambiental de los ecosistemas através de los datos recogidos en los ambientes acuáticos, atmosféricos o en el suelo, mediante bioindicadores enfocados a detectar exposición, a determinar consecuencias biológicas de carácter adverso, o para evaluar cambios en procesos de bioremediación.

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Advancing environmental public health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

2030 Agenda: discussion on Brazilian priorities facing air pollution and climate change challenges

2030 Agenda: discussion on Brazilian priorities facing air pollution and climate change challenges

Infrastructure Services and Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Water, Sanitation, and Garbage Collection

El biólogo y su rol investigativo en biondicadores de la salud ambiental

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