World Health Organization

2017

The Regions for Health Network documents cases of best practice in implementing the Health 2020 policy framework. I am pleased to present this report on the response of the Veneto Region, Italy, to an episode involving the contamination of drinking-water with polyfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS), which has affected over 120 000 citizens. The management of complex cases of environmental contamination has never been easy.