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Lyndsay Stecher - Director of Partnerships & Development

Jenny Collins - Sustainable IPC Coordinator

Anti-mercury awareness has taken root in the Philippines. It wasn’t always like that, though. Before our anti-mercury campaign started in 2005, the dangers of mercury in health care wasn’t that well-known. All that changed after the first Southeast Asia Conference on Mercury was held in Manila in 2006. The conference brought the issue to light. The gathering was the tipping-point HCWH-Asia needed. Due to the convincing facts discussed, Philippine Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III pledged to author policies that mandate the phasing-out of mercury.The next year, Philippine Heart Center, together with St. Paul Hospital in Tuguegarao, the Manila Adventist Hospital, and San Juan De Dios Hospital started their own mercury phase-out programs. In August 11, 2008, Administrative Order 21 of the Department of Health was signed. It ordered the gradual phase-out of all mercury-containing devices in all Philippine hospitals by 2010.By 2009, more than 50 hospitals had...

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South Korea Eliminates PVC from Ivy BagsThe use of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) causes problems due to endocrine disruptors such as Dietheylhexyl Phthalate (DEHP)and dioxins. However, patients in South Korea were not aware that even their IV bags often contained PVC with DEHP. To solve this serious situation, the KFEM Seoul office started a campaign to eliminate PVC from IV bags starting 2005. The campaign succeeded in convincing all IV bag producers in South Korea to pledge that they would replace all of their products with non-PVC products by 2006.Download the document from the librarySouth Korea: World Medical Association Statement on Reducing the Global Burden of MercuryRead the statement here.

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Taiwan boasts many hospitals and health facilities that are doing amazing work in reducing their environmental impact. With 19 member hospitals and health systems in the country, the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals  Asia team recently visited Taiwan to learn about the projects and strategies that GGHH members are implementing to achieve their agenda goals.GGHH ForumWith the support of Taiwan's Health Promoting Hospitals (HPH) Network, the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Forum was held on September 24 at the Taiwan Adventist Hospital. Representatives from over 100 hospitals and health facilities in the country attended to know more about how they can be a part of GGHH and presented their own sustainable health care practices.  Health Care Without Harm-Asia's Director Merci Ferrer presented the organization's work in the region to promote environmental health, while GGHH Coordinator Faye Ferrer shared some of the...