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Workshops and Seminars
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First. Workshop on the Evaluation of Projects through the Unified Health System (SUS)19– Held by the Environmental Health Surveillance Coordination/SVS/MS, in 2005. |
Strengthening the health sector in the environmental licensing processes of large projects in the discussion of the Health Risk Assessment resulting from Undertakings. |
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First Meeting on environmental licensing of projects based on the experiences of the federal, state and municipal spheres, within Environmental Health Surveillance – Held by the Environmental Health Surveillance Coordination/SVS/ MS, in 2007. |
Strengthening the health sector in the processes of environmental licensing of large projects for the construction of guidelines for Environmental Health Surveillance. |
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Seminar on Environmental Health and Worker Health and their interfaces with the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) 20 – Held by the Ministry of Health (MS) and the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (ABRASCO) - Held by the Environmental Health Surveillance Coordination/SVS/MS in 2007. |
Strengthening the health sector to address PAC works. |
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Workshop on Health Impact Assessment (HIA) – Held by the Environmental Health Surveillance Coordination/SVS/MS in partnership with ABRASCO and WHO, University of Liverpool and Canada Collaborators in 2008. |
Launching bases for the operationalization of HIA in the Brazilian health sector. |
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First Brazilian Seminar on Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and performance of the health sector in Environmental Licensing – Held by the Environmental Health and Worker Health Department/SVS/MS in 2013. |
Strengthening HIA in the health sector for integration in the project’s environmental licensing |
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Normative instruments
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Term of Technical Cooperation between Ministries of Health and Environment – Signed in 2001.
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Strengthening and combining actions to benefit the health of the population and the integrity of the environment. |
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Interministerial Ordinance Nº 822, of April 30, 2008, which establishes guidelines for cooperation between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environment, aiming at the integration and implementation of common actions and the consolidation of the bilateral agenda
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21. Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE). L’évaluation environnementale stratégique. Guide de Bonnes Pratiques Dans le Domaine de la Coopération pour le Développement. Paris: OCDE; 2006.
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Strengthening cooperation actions between health and environmental sectors. |
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Ordinance N° 2.241, of September 2009, which establishes the Environmental Health and Licensing Technical Group, with the purpose of structuring the participation of the health sector in the environmental licensing processes of projects
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22. Brasil. Portaria nº 2.241, de 25 de setembro de 2009. Institui Grupo Técnico Saúde e Licenciamento Ambiental com a finalidade de estruturar a participação da área de saúde nos processos de licenciamento ambiental de empreendimentos. Diário Oficial da União 2009; 26 set.
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Strengthening the health sector in the project’s environmental licensing processes |
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Interministerial Ordinance Nº 419 of October 26, 2011, which regulates the performance of bodies and entities of the federal public administration involved in environmental licensing
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23. Brasil. Portaria Interministerial nº 419, de 26 de outubro de 2011. Regulamenta a atuação dos órgãos e entidades da Administração Pública Federal envolvidos no licenciamento ambiental, de que trata o art. 14 da Lei nº 11.516, de 28 de agosto de 2007. Diário Oficial da União 2011; 28 out.
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Establishing mechanisms to streamline bodies involved in the project’s environmental licensing processes |
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Ordinance No. 1, January 2014, which establishes guidelines, procedures, flows and competence for the elaboration of the Malaria Control Plan (PACM) for the environmental licensing of projects
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24. Brasil. Portaria nº 1, de 13 de janeiro de 2014. Diário Oficial da União 2014; 14 jan.
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Strengthening the National Malaria Control Program in the project’s environmental licensing processes |
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Institutional meetings
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Participation of the Ministry of Health in the environmental licensing processes of the BR-163 Highway Cuiabá-Santarém, of the Rio de Janeiro Hydroelectric Power Plants (Santo Antônio and Jirau), HPP Belo Monte and the São Francisco Transposition Project (PISF) – 2006 to 2012.
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Strengthening the health sector in the project’s environmental licensing processes integrating governmental agendas. |
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Representing the health sector in the Management Committee of the Sustainable Regional Development Plan of the Xingu (CGDEX), established by Decree Nº 7.340, of October 2, 20102525. Brasil. Decreto nº 7.340, de 21 de outubro de 2010. Institui o Plano de Desenvolvimento Regional Sustentável - PDRS do Xingu, o seu Comitê Gestor e dá outras providências. Diário Oficial da União 2010; 22 out.– Participation in the Technical Chamber of Health, between 2010 and 2015. |
Subsidize decisions and monitor health planning actions in the Xingu Region, where the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant is located. |
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Institutional document
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Elaboration of the document Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Methodology adapted for implementation in Brazil2626. Brasil. CGAVAM/SVS/MS. 1ª. Oficina de Trabalho sobre Avaliação de Empreendimentos pelo Sistema Único de Saúde – SUS. Brasília, 6 a 8 de julho de 2005. 2005 (Arquivo CGVAM).– Performed by the Environmental Health and Worker Health Department/SVS/MS in 2014. |
Strengthen HIA in Brazil within the health sector. |
