{"id":858,"date":"2026-01-22T15:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/?page_id=858"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:36:38","slug":"saude-e-ambiente-incluindo-saude-do-trabalhador","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/programas\/saude-e-ambiente-incluindo-saude-do-trabalhador\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and Environment, including Workers' Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:#e8e8e8;--awb-bg-color-hover:#e8e8e8;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><nav class=\"awb-menu awb-menu_column awb-menu_em-hover mobile-mode-collapse-to-button awb-menu_icons-left awb-menu_dc-yes mobile-trigger-fullwidth-off awb-menu_mobile-toggle awb-menu_indent-left mobile-size-full-absolute loading mega-menu-loading awb-menu_desktop awb-menu_dropdown awb-menu_expand-right awb-menu_transition-fade\" style=\"--awb-bg:#428499;--awb-gap:1px;--awb-items-padding-left:5px;--awb-border-color:#428499;--awb-color:#ffffff;--awb-active-color:#ffffff;--awb-main-justify-content:flex-start;--awb-mobile-justify:flex-start;--awb-mobile-caret-left:auto;--awb-mobile-caret-right:0;--awb-box-shadow: 0px 0px ;;--awb-fusion-font-family-typography:inherit;--awb-fusion-font-style-typography:normal;--awb-fusion-font-weight-typography:400;--awb-fusion-font-family-submenu-typography:inherit;--awb-fusion-font-style-submenu-typography:normal;--awb-fusion-font-weight-submenu-typography:400;--awb-fusion-font-family-mobile-typography:inherit;--awb-fusion-font-style-mobile-typography:normal;--awb-fusion-font-weight-mobile-typography:400;\" aria-label=\"Programs\" data-breakpoint=\"1024\" data-count=\"0\" data-transition-type=\"center-vertical\" data-transition-time=\"300\" data-expand=\"right\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"awb-menu__m-toggle awb-menu__m-toggle_no-text\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"menu-programas\"><span class=\"awb-menu__m-toggle-inner\"><span class=\"collapsed-nav-text\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Toggle Navigation<\/span><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__m-collapse-icon awb-menu__m-collapse-icon_no-text\"><span class=\"awb-menu__m-collapse-icon-open awb-menu__m-collapse-icon-open_no-text fa-bars fas\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__m-collapse-icon-close awb-menu__m-collapse-icon-close_no-text fa-times fas\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/button><ul id=\"menu-programas\" class=\"fusion-menu awb-menu__main-ul awb-menu__main-ul_column\"><li  id=\"menu-item-1373\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1373 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"1373\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_center-vertical\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_center-vertical\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/programas\/saude-da-mulher-e-da-crianca\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Women's and Children's Health<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-1374\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1374 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"1374\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_center-vertical\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_center-vertical\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/programas\/determinantes-de-doencas-cronicas\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Determinants of Chronic Diseases<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-1375\"  class=\"menu-item 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awb-menu__main-background-active_center-vertical\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/programas\/saude-mental-trauma-e-violencia\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Mental Health, Trauma and Violence<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-1377\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1377 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"1377\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_center-vertical\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_center-vertical\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/programas\/doencas-endemicas-de-grande-impacto-sanitario\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Endemic Diseases with a Major Health Impact<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-1378\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1378 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"1378\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_center-vertical\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_center-vertical\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/programas\/doencas-transmitidas-por-vetores-negligenciadas-e-zoonoticas\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Vector-borne, Neglected and Zoonotic Diseases<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-1379\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1379 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"1379\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_center-vertical\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_center-vertical\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/programas\/sistemas-de-saude\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Health Systems<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-1380\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1380 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"1380\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_center-vertical\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_center-vertical\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/programas\/saude-e-ambiente-incluindo-saude-do-trabalhador\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Health and Environment, including Workers' Health<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-caption-text-size:10pt;--awb-caption-text-transform:lowercase;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--body_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--body_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--body_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:10pt;--awb-caption-title-transform:capitalize;--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--body_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 awb-imageframe-style awb-imageframe-style-resa\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Nome aqui\" title=\"tatiana-scaled\" src=\"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tatiana-scaled-1.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tatiana-scaled-1-249x300.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-1675\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272129%27%20height%3D%272560%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202129%202560%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272129%27%20height%3D%272560%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tatiana-scaled-1-200x240.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tatiana-scaled-1-400x481.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tatiana-scaled-1-600x721.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tatiana-scaled-1-800x962.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tatiana-scaled-1-1200x1443.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-container\"><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption\"><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-title\">Tatiana Jorge Marrufo<\/div><p class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-text\">tatiana.marrufo@ins.gov.mz<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Environmental Health (EH) addresses all external physical, chemical, and biological factors to the individual, and all related factors that affect behavior. However, it covers the assessment and control of environmental factors that can affect health. Environmental health aims to prevent disease and create health-promoting environments.<\/p>\n<p>Global health has identified the link between health and our environment as important, from the water we drink and the air we breathe, to the food we grow and eat. As such, over three million children under the age of five die every year from environment-related causes, such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, contaminated water, and inadequate sanitation. The World Health Organization's programs and initiatives on water and sanitation, vector-borne diseases, indoor air pollution, chemical safety, transport, ultraviolet radiation, nutrition, occupational health, food safety, and accident prevention address critical issues for improving environmental health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop technological platforms for alert, response, research, and education to support public policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This program is divided into two major related areas: Environmental Health (EH) and Occupational Health (OH). However, the research priorities for the duration of the Scientific Strategy include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National capacity for reporting, research, and laboratory diagnosis of poisonings;<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of the impact of climate change on health, including natural disasters;<\/li>\n<li>Structuring of disease surveillance platforms sensitive to environmental changes, including climate change.;<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of the impact of socioeconomic environmental transformations on health, including urbanization, agro-industrial plantations, and mining projects;<\/li>\n<li>Health status assessment of workers in mining extraction;<\/li>\n<li>Public servant health status assessment;<\/li>\n<li>Implementation of postgraduate curricula with a focus on health and environment themes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Health Sector Resilience to Climate Change;<\/li>\n<li>Climate Change Impact on Health Assessment \u2013 AIMICS;<\/li>\n<li>Impact Assessment of Cyclone IDAI on Hospitalization Patterns in Sofala Province;<\/li>\n<li>Informing and Assessing Health System Resilience to Climate Change;<\/li>\n<li>Public Servant Health Situation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National Directorate of Public Health (MISAU): Department of Environmental Health, National Malaria Control Program, Department of Epidemiology<\/li>\n<li>National Institute of Meteorology (INAM)<\/li>\n<li>Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) \u2013 Department of Physics<\/li>\n<li>National Directorate of Environment (MITAM)<\/li>\n<li>National Directorate for Water Resources Management (MOPHRH)<\/li>\n<li>National Institute for Disaster Management<\/li>\n<li>World Health Organization (WHO)<\/li>\n<li>CRED \u2013 Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>Earth Institute \u2013 Columbia University (USA)<\/li>\n<li>ICAP Mozambique<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":812,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-858","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1697,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/858\/revisions\/1697"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.ins.gov.mz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}