Kazakhstani experts take part in Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Budapest

Budapest, July 7, 2023 - Kazakhstan's delegation took part in the Seventh Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, organized by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the UN Economic Commission for Europe, the UN Environment Programme and the Government of Hungary.

The delegation included Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Control of the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan Ms. Maral Rakhimzhanova and Head of the Environmental Conventions Unit of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan Ms. Karina Balykbayeva.

The Conference objectives:

• stimulate concrete initiatives and collaboration across countries and sectors to confront current environmental health threats;
• introduce new partnerships to address environmental and health challenges;
• stimulate the participation of young people in the formulation and implementation of environmental and health policies;
• support research and innovation as key drivers of sustainable development;
• increase the sustainability of health systems.

The main outcome of the conference was the adoption of the Budapest Declaration with specific commitments regarding:

• measures to protect health in the context of climate change, pollution, land degradation and biodiversity loss;
• adherence to the principles of a healthy and equitable recovery from the pandemic.