HomeGovernancePolicy documentsScientific panelThematic working groupsKnowledge networkCountry profiles Country Profiles The Third Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur agreed to develop and implement mechanisms to enable more effective sharing of information between the health and environment sectors and other sectors by using Environmental Health Country Profiles (EHCP) and Environmental Health Data Sheets (EHDS). These documents will provide a snapshot of the current status and provide the basis to monitor trends into the future and are considered to be essential to priority settings and policy-dialogue and engagement amongst different stakeholders and inter-ministerial collaboration and cooperation. The EHCPs and EHDS are important tools to guide the development and monitoring of the post-2015 development agenda in particular the SDGs. At the same time national EHCPs and EHDS can provide important analytical input to guide the work of the broader UN system at the country level in support of national environment and health priorities. 1)To determine the existing status of health and the environment in each country in terms of the important environment risks and hazards, policy and regulatory frameworks governing environmental and health programmes, institutional infrastructure, and national environmental and health programmes, capacities and activities; and 2)To identify challenges and gaps in the policy, institutional and capacity requirements related to environment and health interactions. Objectives of EHCP Objective of EHDS 1)To provide relevant information and data about the socio-economic and environmental and health aspects for each member countries of the Regional Forum. Secretariat WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific Contact persons: Dr Nasir Hassan Mr Khew Swee Lian WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia Contact person: Ms Lesley Onyon United Nations Environment Programme Contact person: Mr Jonathan Gilman Related links: EHCP/EHDS 2014 (link to pdf file) 2005 (link to pdf file) EHCP/EHDS template (link to pdf file)

Ministerial meetings High-level officials meetings Members directory Highlights & updates Extraordinary High-Level Officials Meeting of the Regional Forum on Environment and Health in Southeast and East Asian Countries, August 2014, Bangkok, Thailand. The ministerial meeting on environment and health represents the highest level of the Regional Forum. This meeting is held every three years, to decide on policy aspects of the Regional Forum. The first meeting was held in 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand and the second meeting in 2010 in Jeju, Republic of Korea. The third meeting was held in September 2013 in Malaysia. The high-level officials meeting is comprised of officials of the ministries of health and ministries of environment. This meeting is held every 18 months to discuss policy matters of the Regional Forum before they are presented at the ministerial meeting. Contacts usRegional Forum linksWHO linksUNEP links Secretariat Europe South-East Asia UNEP ROAP Western Pacific WHO SEARO WHO WPRO Brunei Darussalam Cambodia China, People’s Republic of Indonesia Japan Lao People’ Democratic Republic Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Philippines Republic of Korea Singapore Thailand Viet Nam