Sistema FMUSP-HC: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP) e Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSPANDRADE, Maria de FatimaARTAXO, PauloMIRAGLIA, Simone Georges El KhouriGOUVEIA, NelsonKRUPNICK, Alan J.KRUTMANN, JeanLANDRIGAN, Philip J.LANGERMAN, KristyMAKONESE, TafadzwaMATHEE, AngelaPIKETH, StuartRITZ, BeateSALDIVA, Paulo H. N.SAMET, JonathanSCHIKOWSKI, TamaraSCHNEIDER, AlexandraSMITH, Kirk R.TRAIDL-HOFFMANN, ClaudiaWIEDENSOHLER, AlfredWRIGHT, CaradeeBOYD, David RichardFOLTESCU, ValentinFULLER, RichardJAROSINSKA, DorotaMCGLADE, Jacqueline MyriamSHINDELL, DrewSCHEUENSTUHL, Marcos Cortesao BarnsleyBORIGHT, John P.BULANI, SiyavuyaHAMBURG, MargaretHAPPE, KathrinNISSEN, JanSCHEER, Isabel2024-02-152024-02-152019ANNALS OF GLOBAL HEALTH, v.85, n.1, article ID 140, 9p, 20192214-9996https://observatorio.fm.usp.br/handle/OPI/58006Air pollution is a major, preventable and manageable threat to people's health, well-being and the fulfillment of sustainable development. Air pollution is estimated to contribute to at least 5 million premature deaths each year across the world. No one remains unaffected by dirty air, but the adverse impacts of air pollution fall most heavily upon vulnerable populations, such as children, women, and people living in poverty - groups to whom States have special obligations under international human rights law. The National Academies of Sciences and Medicine of South Africa, Brazil, Germany and the United States of America are calling upon government leaders, business and citizens to take urgent action on reducing air pollution throughout the world - to the benefit of human health and well-being, to the benefit of the environment and as a condition towards sustainable development. Air pollution is a cross-cutting aspect of many UN Sustainable Development Goals.engopenAccessarticleCopyright UBIQUITY PRESS LTD10.5334/aogh.2656Public, Environmental & Occupational Health