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Sustainable Health in Procurement Project (SHiPP) Annual report 2022

In Nepal, hospitals and health care centers generate between 1 and 1.7 kg of health care waste per…

Know the IssueGlobal Mercury Campaign / Model PoliciesMercury-Free Alternatives Know the Issue   Mercury pollution is a severe global environmental and human health problem. The spread – and use – of mercury undermines efforts to improve health conditions in communities.Many instruments used in hospitals, health care facilities and laboratories contain mercury. The substance is commonly found in thermometers, and blood pressure measuring device. Tools used in construction and the households such as thermostats, pressure gauges, and switches may also contain mercury. Mercury may be released from these and other similar products, as no device is 100% failure-proof.  Substances such as fixatives, preservatives, lab chemicals, cleaners, and other products may have mercury added deliberately. When discarded inappropriately, mercury always contaminates the environment.Know the hazardsToxins with an especially heavy impact on the health care sector may be...

Health Care Without Harm has prepared this position statement on the importance of the successor…

Este documento constituye la traducción al español del estudio de caso del Hospital Nuestra Señora…

Health Care Without Harm, as an observer organization, submitted to the INC-3 of the Global Plastics…

El Índice de Compras Sostenibles en Salud (SPIH, por sus siglas en inglés) fue diseñado para…

El Índice de compras sostenibles en salud (SPIH, por sus siglas en inglés) proporciona un método…

Esta herramienta contiene la totalidad del Índice de Compras Sostenibles en Salud (SPIH). Está…

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SAICMKEMI  SAICM Chemicals Substitution and Management in the Health Care SectorIn an effort to shift attitudes away from the use of hazardous chemicals in the health care sector, Health Care Without Harm’s regional offices in Asia and Latin America started the Chemicals Substitution and Management in the Health Care Sector: A Four-Hospital, Multi-Country Project in the Philippines and Argentina. Initiated in 2012, the activity is being conducted, in part, with support from the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management’s (SAICM) Quick Start Program. The project’s goal is to get the ball rolling on the adoption of national policies and procedures substituting hazardous chemicals in health care. Health Care Without Harm-Asia (HCWH-Asia) and Health Care Without Harm Latin-America (HCWH-LA), is also working with the HCWH global network of experts and partners. The project is being tested in four pilot hospitals in the Philippines and Argentina.The...