This educational course was developed to support the training of public health and health-care professionals, medical and other allied students and professionals, and decision-makers in the health and environmental sectors. It compiles information on human exposure to different types of mercury and their health effects, the use of mercury in the health sector, and the policy and technical documents guiding preventive actions at a national level.
This document was created to guide the training of health practitioners on certain health risks that are common in the sector. While there are many health risks in the ASGM sector, this guide is limited to risks specifically related to ASGM, particularly those that are rarely covered by general university professional trainings.
The face of ASGM and conditions in Indonesia can change for the better and healthier by switching miners to using mercury-free technologies and enabling them to sell their gold to the formal market. This video from the planetGOLD project in Indonesia explains why it's critical to Make Mercury History in artisanal and small-scale gold mining to ensure healthy food chains and to protect human health today and for future generations. Closed captions in English are available.
El Informe Anual de Progreso 2019/2020 publicado por planetGOLD ofrece una visión general de los progresos realizados desde el lanzamiento del programa planetGOLD a principios de 2019 e incluye datos desde el inicio de cada uno de los proyectos nacionales hasta el otoño de 2020. Este resumen ejecutivo ofrece una instantánea de los puntos clave del informe completo, a través de las 4 áreas programáticas clave del programa: formalización, acceso a la financiación, soluciones técnicas y acceso a los mercados formales.
planetGOLD está trabajando para acelerar la formalización, aumentar el acceso a la financiación formal y abrir vías a los mercados formales del oro para el sector de la minería artesanal y de pequeña escala del oro, creando las condiciones propicias para la adopción de una tecnología más eficiente y sin mercurio. Este informe ofrece una visión general de los progresos realizados desde el lanzamiento del programa planetGOLD a principios de 2019 e incluye datos desde el inicio de cada uno de los proyectos nacionales hasta el otoño de 2020.
This comic book was produced by the planetGOLD Indonesia project for young audiences and as an educational tool for school teachers to use, raising awareness about the dangers of exposure to mercury used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
Researchers or other assessors should use this guide to help ministries of health develop a public health strategy as part of the ASGM National Action Plan. The evidence collected will clarify key issues to consider for the public health strategy. The approach for collecting and using the evidence was developed by WHO and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and pilot-tested in three countries – Ghana, Mozambique and Nigeria – between 2017 and 2019.
Also available in Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
What is mercury, and what can happen if you are exposed to it? In this comic book created by the planetGOLD Indonesia project with a script by Professor Marcello Veiga, these topics and more are explored through animated characters teaching young audiences fundamental truths about the dangers of mercury in ASGM and how they can avoid it.
Ce court résumé exécutif donne un aperçu des points clés du rapport complet à travers les quatre domaines programmatiques clés du programme planetGOLD : formalisation, accès au financement, solutions techniques et accès aux marchés formels.
Ce rapport donne un aperçu des progrès réalisés depuis le lancement du programme planetGOLD au début de 2019 et comprend des données depuis le lancement de chacun des projets nationaux jusqu’à juin 2020.
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