TABLE 2. Priority areas identified in the Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021–2030.

Priority areas	Objectives
Improving the performance of environmental public health programs and institutions	Strengthen environmental public health surveillance, public policies, and knowledge management. Enhance health sector collaboration with other sectors to address environmental determinants of health. Strengthen the technical capacity of the health sector on environmental public health.
Fostering environmentally resilient and sustainable health systems	Provide resilient environmental infrastructure and services in health care facilities. Reduce the environmental footprint of health care facilities.
Promoting environmentally resilient and healthy communities	Integrate environmental public health in local health protection and improvement programs. Integrate environmental public health in local development programs outside the health sector. Strengthen environmental public health capacity for emergency and disaster response and early recovery.

Source: Adapted by the authors from the PAHO Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021–2030 (34)