WHO/Europe policy framework also advocates for an increased integration of health economic evidence in the decision-making process.
The Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health encouraged “all relevant international organizations to further develop common tools and guidelines to address the economic impact s of environmental risk factors to health, including the cost of inaction, thereby facilitating the development and enforcement of legal instruments” (para 10 of the Commitment to Act)
The Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, 2004, recognized “the importance of economic evidence to improve decision-making and priority setting for environmental and public health” and invited WHO and othersto further develop tools and guidelines to address these issues