WHO reveals that 5% of the Portuguese population lives without safe drinking water and 7% without safe sanitation.
The World Health Organization (OMS) revealed that 5% of the Portuguese population lives without safe drinking water and 7% without safe sanitationwarning that these flaws are responsible for 18% of deaths per diarrhea.
In the 2024 update of health and environmental performance indicators for 194 countries, today, the WHO There is no data About financing for the implementation of the national plan for drinking water, sanitation and proper personal hygiene.
The document offers an overview of the ideal values of the indicators that countries should achieve, defining priorities to “create healthier populations through healthy environments.”
The scoring staff of the countries, remembers WHO, are limited Data availability, and may not include all areas of health and environment or other relevant information.
In the Portuguese scenario, WHO indicates that the air qualityalthough it is considered safe for all citizens, it has an impact on 10% of stroke deaths (AVC) e Cardiac ischemia.
WHO notes that air pollution causes “many other adverse diseases and results for health”, justifying that, for Portugal, only stroke and cardiac ischemia were chosen.
The document states, however, that Portugal follows the legal rules For the emission of fine particles (PM2.5) of the European Union (EU), but has no policies in accordance with WHO air quality guidelines.
Fuels and clean technologies are those that reach the levels of PM2.5 and carbon monoxide (CO) recommended in the WHO air quality guidelines (2021).
Clean fuels include solar, electrical, biogas, natural gas, liquefied oil gas (GPL) and alcoholic fuels, including ethanol.
Unknown to Portugal’s national assessment and commitment and the Cimeira Health Program on Climate Change (COP26), WHO stresses that they are used 69% of fossil fuels and the traditional biomass in the total final consumption of energy.
About biodiversity, It was possible to detect that Portugal has 17% of the land and protected marine area, more than half of the proposed in the 2030 global goal.
Regarding the use of chemicals, Portugal records less than one death for 100,000 children under five a year.
In relation to occupational health, WHO says 3% of workers are exposed to prolonged working hours.
Performance indicators show that there are an average of 19 deaths per 100,000 people active by diseases resulting from professional risk and two deaths from lesions due to professional risks per year.
About health facilities without basic services, WHO has not found data.
