Breathing in contaminated air affects our health, reduces life expectancy, and our society costs billions of pounds every year. Due to the defective air quality, 2 million healthy lifetime in Europe needs to be lost to improve the air we breathe and we need to reduce our clear priorities.
Despite the improvement of air quality in the last decades, air pollution still remains an important environmental risk factor, so the UK Health Security Agency (UK Health Security Agency) recognizes the necessity of behavior to reduce people’s exposure and solves the existing health inequality and improves all results.
Evidence base increase
Increasing the foundation for evidence is important to solve air pollution, and UKHSA performs the effects of intervention by posting journals, reports and policy briefs on various topics. Health Protection Research Units (HPRUS) is the core of our research. These are existing partnerships between Academia and UKHSA, which supports the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).
To display a clean air day a Recent evidence review of the health impact and benefits of traffic intervention around the school It was published today by an agency. This work NIHR and HPRU in environmental changes and health fields It provides the advantages of improving air quality and climate change.
This review focuses on internationally conducted research with the UK and classified traffic interventions related to vehicle technology and driving behavior. Traffic management; Active travel and behavior change, urban planning and school location. Actions related to the temporary closure of the streets around the school have found that traffic quantitative concentrations can be reduced during a certain time, such as school reduction time, which is likely to be exposed to traffic pollution.
Such measures provide cheaper air quality improvements only in a wider area, but the review identifies joint-interests related to the increase in active travel mode and physical movement (changes in active travel and behavior), road safety and sustainable travel, sustainable travel and traffic congestion.
Previously, the UK announced a review of evidence for interventions aimed at improving outdoor air quality and public health, and introduced the hierarchical structure of the intervention model to suggest recommendations.
This model is the most effective intervention type that prevents emissions, prioritizes the relief of pollution concentrations, and both of which are required to adjust individuals to avoid exposure.
UKHSA suggests sustainability of interventions that can affect climate, air quality and children’s health according to this hierarchy model.
We work with partners and stakeholders
Today, we also display the publication of the new report called the title. ‘Breath of fresh air: response to health problems of modern air pollution’ Royal College of Physicians (RCP). This report is their update 2016 Report ‘All breaths are takenIt played an important role in forming a dialogue between the damage of air pollution and the actions to be taken. This report focuses on new evidence of health damage to health of air pollution with low air pollution concentration, and connects exposure to air pollution in the early stages of life with poor health.
I contributed to this RCP report and explained the development of air pollution epidemiology in recent years. This improvement has developed an understanding of the waiting time between the concentration of the effect and the impact of the health.
After the last report of the 2016 RCP, a study has been published to show how exposure of decades ago has a lifetime rate and mortality rate. We can also increase the remedy rate due to the respiratory and cardiovascular effects, especially due to the respiratory and cardiovascular effects, and the hospital hospitalization and mortality rate can be increased within several hours or days after exposure.
Study of Committee on the medical impact of air pollutants (COMEAP)As a result of providing independent advice to government departments and institutions on how air pollution affects health, it found evidence that symptoms and malicious effects, including respiratory and cardiovascular effects, could occur a few days after the short -term exposure to air pollutants.
UKHSA’s air quality representative worked with a partner to improve understanding of air pollution issues. London Air Quality and Health Program Office (AQHPO), Cooperation with the office (OHID), the Greater London authorities (GLA) and NHS England for health improvement and imbalance have been established.
February 2024, London AQHPO It was released British first Air quality alarm Medical professionals are aimed at general practices and emergency rooms throughout the city. It provides a message about the importance of excellent standard management of long -term conditions and provides advice on appropriate paths to help avoid physical activity, transportation and exposure.
The team is currently mapping and curing education and educational resources for health and medical professionals for air quality and health.
Recognition and understanding
Earlier this year, we have the final report of the AQIS review and Recommendation. The report, led by an external multi-sector steering group, was commissioned as part of the government’s promise to improve the public information to the public under the investigation into the death of ELLA ADOO-Kissi-Debrah in 2021.
The report explains in detail that the UK has an important technical function that provides air quality information to the public, but this function is not always used for maximum potential. Establishing an existing system can improve the public’s perception of the main sources of air pollution and the harmful effects, providing measures to reduce personal contributions and exposure. UKHSA continues to work with partners such as Defra and other stakeholders to act on the recommendations specified in this report to ensure a healthier future for everyone.
