Health and
Pollution Action
Planning
(HPAP)
Budi Susilorini
Indonesia Country Director
Pure Earth
budi@pureearth.org

• GAHP (Global Alliance on Health and Pollution) aims to
reduce death and illness caused by all forms of pollution, incl.
water, soil, air and chemical wastes, esp. in LMICs.
• HPAP is a national/regional pollution prioritization and action
planning process based on impacts to health.
o Collaborative effort (ministries/agencies, GAHP, others);
o Advancing specific recommendations and interventions;
o Designed to increase available resources and monitor
progress.
GAHP and the Goals of Health &
Pollution Action Plan (HPAP)

Pollution Deaths by Country Income

Nearly
2% of
all
deaths
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
(IHME). GBD Compare. Seattle, WA: IHME,
University of Washington, 2015. Available
from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-
compare. (Accessed Feb 12, 2019)

Disease From Pollution Is Abundant In LMICs
92 percent of death is in LMICs.

National Priority + Impact Data Resources
Why Is Pollution Underfunded?
No Data on Health &
Econ Impacts
No Justification for
Resources

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