This section includes general information on air quality and the health effects of air pollution. WHO fact sheets provide basic information on both indoor and outdoor air pollution.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- WHO - Ambient (outdoor) air pollution [2021]
- WHO - Household air pollution and health [2022]
- WHO - Noncommunicable diseases and air pollution [2019]
- WHO - Air Pollution data portal (accessed 2022)
- WHO - Global Ambient Air Quality Database [2018]
- WHO - Ambient air pollution: A global assessment of exposure and burden of disease [2016]
- WHO - Air pollution and child health: prescribing clean air [2018]
- WHO - Literature review on chemical pollutants in indoor air in public settings for children and overview of their health effects with a focus on schools, kindergartens and day-care centres [2021]
- IARC - Diesel and gasoline engine exhaust and some nitroarenes [2013]
- WHO - Health risks of heavy metals from long-range transboundary air pollution [2007]
- WHO - Health effects of black carbon [2012]
- WHO - Health effects of transport-related air pollution: summary for policy-makers [2005]
- World Bank - Are All Air Pollution Particles Equal? - How Constituents and Sources of Fine Air Pollution Particles (PM2.5) Affect Health [2021]