1. The Burden of Disease of Air Pollution: New Challenges for the Region of the Americas The Burden of Disease of Air Pollution: New Challenges for the Region of the Americas Special Program on Sustainable Development and Health Equity (SDE - PAHO/WHO) and the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) 25 March 2014

2. 2 Luiz Augusto Galvão SDE, PAHO/WHO Maria P. Neira, WHO Mara Angélica Murillo Correa UNEP - LAC Paulo Artaxo USP, Brazil Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez INS, Mexico

3. PM10 and PM2.5 standards in some countries in the Americas and the WHO Air Quality Guidelines 3 PM10(µg/m³)PM2.5(µg/m³) 24hrYearly24hrYearly WHO*50202510 EPA-US150NA3515 México*120506515 Buenos Aires*150506515 Bolivia*15050 Brazil*15050 Chile*15050 Colombia150706515 Ecuador*150506515 Perú*150506515

4. PM 10 in selected cities in the Americas Source: PAHO/WHO. The Environment and Human Security. In Chapter III, Health in the Americas, 2012

5. % Population using solid fuels, 1990-2010 5 Source: elaborated from data provided by Bonjour S et al., 2013 % SFU

6. 6 Countries with highest percentage of population with,SFU in 1990 in Latin America and the Caribbean, trends 1990-2010 % SFU in HAI, GUT & PAR has not been modified between 1990 and 2010 Source: elaborated from data provided by Bonjour S et al., 2013 Countries > 50% de SFU in 1990: Trends 1990-2010

7. Agnes Soares da Silva, MD, MPH Regional Advisor, Environmental Epidemiology SDE, OPS/OMS soaresag@paho.org 7