Download Report: Toward the Tipping Point: WHO-HCWH Global Initiative to Substitute Mercury-Based Medical Devices in Health Care. A Two-Year Progress Report (pdf)
Download Report: End of an Era: The Phase-Out of Mercury Blood Pressure Devices (pdf)
Health Care Without Harm: Leading the global movement for environmentally responsible health care
"First Do No Harm" ... Together with our partners around the world, Health Care Without Harm shares a vision of a health care sector that does no harm, and instead promotes the health of people and the environment. To that end, we are working to implement ecologically sound and healthy alternatives to health care practices that pollute the environment and contribute to disease. more
HCWH News
26 August 2010
HCWH-Southeast Asia Press Release
HCWH-Southeast Asia Press Release
Envi groups laud DoH scrapping of incinerator plan
“Bid incineration goodbye once and for all.” more7 August 2010
HCWH-Southeast Asia Press Release
HCWH-Southeast Asia Press Release
Envi-health group asks P-Noy to keep all hospitals malinis at mabango
Responding to the 1st initiative of the Department of Health (DoH) to keep all state-run hospitals stink-free and clean in support of P-Noy’s clean governance, Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia asks the President to include all hospitals in the mandate by ordering mercury importation ban and to shun away from revisiting medical waste incineration. moreEnvironmental Health News
9 August 2010, The Jakarta Post
By Adianto P. Simamora
By Adianto P. Simamora
Government to report on hazardous medical waste
Excerpt: "Jakarta - The Environment Ministry said it will report on healthcare waste practices and allegedthat some hospitals have been dumping untreated - and potentially hazardous - medical waste into rivers. " more3 August 2010, The Jakarta Globe
By Fidelis E Satriastanti
By Fidelis E Satriastanti
Moves to outlaw mercury use in Indonesian Medical Sector
Excerpt: "Jakarta - Environmental health activist Yuyun Ismawati is hardly a fan of mercury, so it came as a shock to her to find out that her dental fillings contained high concentrations of the heavy metal." moreReports and Publications
6 August 2009
Health Care Without Harm - SEA
Health Care Without Harm - SEA
GGHC's Health Care Waste Assessment Interview Guide
This 28-page Guide includes Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3 instruments, with interview guides, checklists, and questionnaires. The primary purpose of these tools are to help make a preliminary assessment of the waste systems in the facility. The goal is to gather information that can make the later stages as comprehensive, time-efficient and non-intensive as possible. more7 May 2009
A discussion draft paper published by the World Health Organization and Health Care Without Harm
A discussion draft paper published by the World Health Organization and Health Care Without Harm
Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings
(Discussion Draft) This 32-page discussion draft produced by the World Health Organization and Health Care Without Harm says that the healthcare sector can lead the way against climate change. This report shows how the health sector can improve reduce its climate footprint while setting forth a number of opportunties for action for health care professionals, hospitals, health systems, ministries of health and intergovernmental negotiations. more22 September 2008
Health Care Without Harm Report
Health Care Without Harm Report
End of an Era: The Phase-out of Mercury-Based Blood Pressure Devices in the U.S. and Its Implications for the Rest of the World
This brief report provides an overview of the tremendous success the US healthcare community has experienced in delivering safe, accurate, affordable mercury-free blood pressure measurement. moreQuick Links
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WHO-HCWH Climate Report
Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings (pdf)
Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings (pdf)
