Promoting Health and Safety in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining: Experience from the Asia-Pacific Region

 The Global Environment Facility funded project, “Development of Minamata Initial Assessment and National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Myanmar”, which is implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme, and executed by the AGC, is assisting in the development of its National Action Plan (NAP) which includes the development of a public health strategy on the exposure of artisanal and small-scale gold miners and their communities to mercury, and strategies for the gathering of health data, training for health-care workers and awareness-raising through health facilities.

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