Useful links
Governmental agencies
World Health Organization (WHO)
Children’s health and the environment
Fourth Ministerial Conference on Children’s Environment and Health, Budapest 2004
European Environment and Health Committee
European Network of Health Promoting Schools
Healthy Environments for Children (global)
The European Health Report 2005
International Centre for Cancer Research (IARC)
An agency of the World Health Organization, IARC provides an automated childhood cancer information system.
United Nations
United National General Assembly Special Session on Children, May 2002
World Summit on Sustainable Development, September 2002
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Water Convention - Protocol on Water and Health
Fifth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe”, Ukraine 2003
UNICEF
Convention on the Rights of the Child, November 1989
State of the World’s Children, 2003 contains figures on infant and child mortality rates and percentage of population using improved drinking water sources 2000
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Human Development Report 2005, provides many useful statistics by country
United Nations Environment Programme
European Environment Agency
Children’s health and environment: A review of evidence
Children in their environment: vulnerable, valuable and at risk
Late lessons from early warnings: The precautionary principle 1896-2000
European Commission
Environment and Health Plan (SCALE)
OECD
Environment Strategy for Countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Environment Directorate
Non-governmental groups
Health & Environment Alliance
European Eco-Forum
Green 10 European environmental groups
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), US
Children’s Environmental Health Network, US
Policy Interpretation Network on Children’s health and Environment (PINCHE)
Oregon Environmental Council, US, Tiny Footprints website
