First Inter-ministerial Conference on Health and Environment in Africa - Final Summary

The first Inter-ministerial Conference on Health and Environment (AMHE) in Africa convened on 26-29 August 2008 at the Cité de la Démocratie in Libreville, Gabon. The aim of the Conference was to secure political commitment for catalyzing the policy, institutional, and investment changes needed to reduce environmental threats to health in order to realize sustainable development. The conference was attended by approximately 300 participants, including 22 ministers of environment and 26 ministers of health. The session comprised a two-and-a-half day meeting of experts, the technical segment, and a day-and-a-half ministerial segment, which was opened by Gabon’s Vice-President Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge. The Conference was co-organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in partnership with the Government of Gabon.

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Subject(s)	DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY
Geographical coverage	Africa
News date	01/09/2008
Working language(s)	ENGLISH