Health impact assessment for promoting sustainable development: the HIA4SD project. Issue 3 (3rd May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Winkler, Mirko S.; Adongo, Philip B.; Binka, Fred; Brugger, Fritz; Diagbouga, Serge; Macete, Eusebio; Munguambe, Khátia; Okumu, Fredros
• Is Part Of: Impact assessment and project appraisal. Volume 38:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 225
• Page End: 232
• Publication Date: 2020-05-03
• Subjects: Health impact assessment -- HIA4SD -- extractive industries -- sub-Saharan Africa -- sustainable development goals; 333.714
• DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2019.1694783
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1461-5517

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Health is central to sustainable development, and thus a cross-cutting issue of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2030 agenda. Natural resource extraction projects in Africa have considerable potential to impact on health-related targets of the SDGs. This paper introduces the rationale and organization of the HIA4SD Project; a 6-year research for development (r4d) project that aims to inform and facilitate a policy dialogue at the national and international level on whether current regulatory approaches to impact assessment in Africa promote sustainable development, placing emphasis on SDG3 Good Health and Well-being . The HIA4SD Project has a focus on large-scale natural resource extraction projects and is implemented in four African countries, namely Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania.