"Health impacts of air pollution on children and its solution" report, conducted jointly by the UN Children's Fund, Institute of Public Health and the Public Health Association was introduced today.
According to the report, air pollution negatively impacts on human development in uterus, especially child respiratory organs and lung function.
Specifically, air pollution can seriously harm to human health, including:
- fetal growth,
- premature births,
- pneumonia and respiratory diseases.
ROBERTO BENES: WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO NOTHING
Roberto Benes, Representative for UNICEF Mongolia office emphasized:
"Children breathe twice as fast as adults, which means they take more toxic air than us and they are high risk for severe respiratory disease. The second leading cause for under-five mortality rate in Mongolia is pneumonia, which accounts 15 percent of infant mortality.
Air pollution is the major cause of pneumonia. We have no right to do nothing. Mongolian wealth is children. Not the gold, copper and coal.
The country need to take urgent action against air pollution. The first steps should be taken are; provide information to the residents, every citizen should wear mask, avoid using raw coal and parents should stop smoking near the children. People can protect the children from silent killer with joint efforts".
PNEUMONIA VACCINATION, SMOKELESS FUEL, MASK...
According to the Global Burden of Disease, air pollution cause significant health impacts to Mongolian. As of 2013, one in every three deaths were due to air pollution.
B.Tsogtbaatar, Head of Institute of Public Health said "According to the study conducted in 2009, 9-13 percent of total deaths registered in Ulaanbaatar city were caused by air pollution. If this condition continues, more and more people will die and suffer from air pollution in the future".
People should close the window during the most polluted periods (from 6AM to 10AM and 5PM to 9PM). Moreover, residents should wear PM2.5 pollution mask regularly when go outside.
Also, use of air conditioning is effective way to improve indoor air quality.
The report also includes direction and guidelines to protect children's health from air pollution, including smokeless fuel and pneumonia vaccination.
"Health impacts of air pollution on children and its solution" report, conducted jointly by the UN Children's Fund, Institute of Public Health and the Public Health Association was introduced today.
According to the report, air pollution negatively impacts on human development in uterus, especially child respiratory organs and lung function.
Specifically, air pollution can seriously harm to human health, including:
- fetal growth,
- premature births,
- pneumonia and respiratory diseases.
ROBERTO BENES: WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO NOTHING
Roberto Benes, Representative for UNICEF Mongolia office emphasized:
"Children breathe twice as fast as adults, which means they take more toxic air than us and they are high risk for severe respiratory disease. The second leading cause for under-five mortality rate in Mongolia is pneumonia, which accounts 15 percent of infant mortality.
Air pollution is the major cause of pneumonia. We have no right to do nothing. Mongolian wealth is children. Not the gold, copper and coal.
The country need to take urgent action against air pollution. The first steps should be taken are; provide information to the residents, every citizen should wear mask, avoid using raw coal and parents should stop smoking near the children. People can protect the children from silent killer with joint efforts".
PNEUMONIA VACCINATION, SMOKELESS FUEL, MASK...
According to the Global Burden of Disease, air pollution cause significant health impacts to Mongolian. As of 2013, one in every three deaths were due to air pollution.
B.Tsogtbaatar, Head of Institute of Public Health said "According to the study conducted in 2009, 9-13 percent of total deaths registered in Ulaanbaatar city were caused by air pollution. If this condition continues, more and more people will die and suffer from air pollution in the future".
People should close the window during the most polluted periods (from 6AM to 10AM and 5PM to 9PM). Moreover, residents should wear PM2.5 pollution mask regularly when go outside.
Also, use of air conditioning is effective way to improve indoor air quality.
The report also includes direction and guidelines to protect children's health from air pollution, including smokeless fuel and pneumonia vaccination.