Environmental impacts and respiratory effects: Emergence of public policies for global health

The study aimed to analyze environmental impacts and respiratory effects from the perspective of emergency public health policies. This is a theoretical essay of a reflective nature. The proposed reflections were supported by relevant international and national literature. It points to environmental impacts as a challenge in the scope of public health, causing vulnerabilities to diseases, economic and social inequalities, to cause inequities regarding the health condition of a population. It highlights the emergence of public health policies that can expand attention and care for respiratory diseases, to understand health in its broader sense.