Towards Better and Healthier Air Quality: Implementation of WHO 2021 Global Air Quality Guidelines in Asia

Ouyang, Huiling, Tang, Xu, Kumar, Rajesh, Zhang, Renhe, Brasseur, Guy, Churchill, Ben, Alam, Mozaharul, Kan, Haidong, Liao, Hong, Zhu, Tong, Chan, Emily Ying Yang, Sokhi, Ranjeet, Yuan, Jiacan, Baklanov, Alexander, Chen, Jianmin and Patdu, Maria Katherina (2022) Towards Better and Healthier Air Quality: Implementation of WHO 2021 Global Air Quality Guidelines in Asia. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103. E1696–E1703. ISSN 0003-0007

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Air pollution is estimated to contribute to approximately 7 million premature deaths, of which around 4.5 million deaths are linked to ambient (outdoor) air pollution (Murray et al. 2020). The deaths attributed to air pollution rank the highest in the Asian Region and thus the implementation of the stricter World Health Organization (WHO) Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) released on 22 Sep 2021 will generate the greatest health benefits in the Asian region. Here we present some key messages and recommendations at national, regional, and global level to promote the strategies for implementation of the ambitious WHO 2021 AQGs in the Asian region.

Item Type	Article
Additional information	© 2022 American Meteorological Society. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0040.1
Keywords	air quality, who guidelines, asia
Date Deposited	15 May 2025 14:54
Last Modified	26 Jun 2025 23:19