2025-01-01-世界卫生组织-Environmental_Health_Liberia_2024_country_profile_3页_178kb

Liberia's Health and Environment Scorecard assesses key areas like air pollution, water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH), climate change, biodiversity, chemicals, radiation, occupational health, and healthcare facilities. The country faces significant challenges, with insufficient data and low compliance in most categories. Key findings include:

• Air pollution: High mortality from stroke and heart disease; annual PM2.5 average is 36 μg/m3 vs WHO guideline of 5 μg/m3; policies exist but data is inadequate.
• WASH: Inadequate data on safe drinking water and sanitation access; sanitation coverage below 50% of needs.
• Climate change: High emissions from fossil fuels; adaptation plan is in place but lacks sufficient data for high emissions scenarios.
• Biodiversity: Forest area decreased by 11% from 1990–2020; protected areas insufficient for global targets.
• Chemicals: Blood lead levels in children overregional norms; not party to Minamata Convention; weak IHR capacity for chemical events.
• Radiation: Insufficient IHR capacity; no regulations for artificial tanning devices or sun beds.
• Occupational health: High risk of work-related deaths; informal employment issues and weak policies.
• Healthcare facilities: Many lack basic water, sanitation, electricity, and climate resilience, despite some progress in WASH.

Insufficient data hinders accurate tracking, and while some policies are in place, implementation and health impacts remain unaddressed in many domains. Overall, Liberia needs improved policies, data collection, and resource allocation for better health and environmental outcomes.