World Health Day 2003
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Centre for Environmental Health Activities (visit CEHA website)
1. Environmentally Healthy School Initiative (EHSI) .
The Environmentally Healthy School Initiative in Jordan was launched in 1996 in three pilot schools, as a collaborative effort between non governmental organizations and government agencies in Jordan. The project engaged community leaders, parents, students, teachers, and other school staff in improving the school environment and making schools safer and healthier places for children to learn, play and grow.
Community support groups were organized to work with the schools.
Working tools and education and awareness tools were developed to guide the schoolteachers and students. Collective efforts of the schoolchildren (aged 9 to 14), their teachers and communities were directed at improving the health of school personnel, families and community members, and at working with the community to help them understand how the communities could contribute to health and education. Improvements to the school environments included improved sanitation and better water supplies. Schools launched water
conservation efforts, sanitation and hygiene awareness efforts, tree plantings and cleaning campaigns3. Jordan National Conference on Healthy Environment for Children, Irbid, Jordan, 2003. To be convened by Queen Rania Al- Abdullah Centre for Environmental Studies and Research (QRACESR) of the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)
4. Saudi Arabia National Seminar on Healthy Environmental for Children, Riyadh, Saudi Arba, 7-8 April 2003 to be convened by the Ministry of Health
5. Healthy Environment for Children Project in Yemen and Pakistan.
6. Monitoring Indicator on Healthy Environments for Children: A group of core indicators will selected, developed and pilot tested. The indicators will be further refined and made available to countries of EMR.
7. Data base on Healthy Environments for Children - (HEC-database) of published literature and studies conducted within EMR countries. This database aims at providing speedy access to screened information on various issues of children environmental health such as; childhood lead, childhood injuries & accidents, indoor air pollution & children's health, housing quality and childhood health, household water & sanitation and diseases amongst children, food safety & children's health, noise pollution & children's health. (Contains 333 entries so far)
8. Childhood Lead database in EMR countries with review of available literature and studies and identifying measured parameters of childhood lead exposure (Contains 37 entries so far).
9. Profile on the status of Childhood Lead in EMR countries which reviews available literature on childhood lead in the EMR and highlights the main issues and localities investigated; commonly measured indicators, parameters and health outcomes; as well as sources and causes of lead exposure. Moreover, information gaps and lack of information accessibility are also pointed out throughout this review.