Health guidelines for vegetation fire events: guideline document
To some extent, many countries have already established policies, legislation and emergency response measures to control and combat vegetation fires and air pollution, and to minimize their impacts. For this reason, the development of a common set of health guidelines for the interest of all the countries involved is most timely. These guidelines help to greatly reduce the burden of excess mortality and preventable disability suffered by the poor. They also counter potential threats to health resulting from economic crises, unhealthy environments and risky behaviour. In this sense, the guidelines contribute to meeting two of the key challenges that were highlighted in the 1999 World Health Report and, thus, they contribute to making health a fundamental human right.
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