Author(s): Branislava Matić*, Dragana Jovanović, Snežana Živković Perišić, Dragan Miljuš, Snežana Dejanović, Zorica Blagojević
Institute of Public Health of Serbia “Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut”, Environmental Health and School Hygiene Department, Dr Subotica 5, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Citation: Matić B, Jovanović D, Živković Perišić S, Miljuš D, Dejanović S, et al. (2024) The Role of Serbian Health Sector in Multisectoral Management of Chemicals and Contaminated Sites. J Earth Envi Sci: JEES-125.
Abstract
Exposure to chemicals and living and working in the vicinity of continuously contaminated industrial sites are a clear reason for the involvement of the health sector through health promotion activities, diagnosis and treatment of health consequences. In line with the recommendations of the Sixth WHO Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health (2017, Ostrava), the Health Sector of the Republic of Serbia, with Institute of Public Health of Serbia (IPHS) as an implementation agency, hasled the development of two multisectoral documents: “Roadmap for multisectoral management of contaminated sites” (2018) and “Roadmap for strengthening health sector engagement in the rational management of chemicals “(2021), through multisectoral activities supported by the World Health Organization. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance of giving a public health dimension to these topics, through the presentation of two consecutive multisectoral projects.
Keywords: chemicals, contaminated sites, public health.
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