Environmental Health of House Aspect
Housing conditions affect people’s health. Inadequate housing causes or contributes to many preventable diseases and injuries, including respiratory, nervous system and cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
With international experts, WHO/Europe evaluates the health gains from implementation of local plans for housing rehabilitation, and sets health priorities related to various technical aspects of housing. Priority issues include thermal comfort and energy, indoor environmental conditions, home safety, and residential housing environments.
Housing conditions affect people’s health. Inadequate housing causes or contributes to many preventable diseases and injuries, including respiratory, nervous system and cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
- Poor design or construction of homes is the cause of most home accidents. In some European countries, they kill more people than do road accidents.
- Use of proper building materials and construction could prevent indoor pollutants or mould, causing asthma, allergies or respiratory diseases.
- About every tenth lung cancer case results from radon in the home. Appropriate design can prevent both exposure and the risk to health.
With international experts, WHO/Europe evaluates the health gains from implementation of local plans for housing rehabilitation, and sets health priorities related to various technical aspects of housing. Priority issues include thermal comfort and energy, indoor environmental conditions, home safety, and residential housing environments.
