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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...

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Alcanzar la cobertura de salud universal de manera sostenible representa quizás el desafío más significativo del sector. La sostenibilidad, en este contexto, va más allá de la simple atención médica: implica abordar la responsabilidad ambiental y social como un componente esencial en la prestación de servicios de salud.

Desde eliminar el material de envase innecesario hasta buscar alternativas que sustituyan a los productos que contengan mercurio u otras sustancias tóxicas, la decisión de compra puede tener un efecto fundamental para ofrecer una salud sin daño.

Trabajando en conjunto, podemos embarcarnos en el camino hacia una recuperación más saludable, más equitativa y más resiliente para las personas y el planeta.

Mercury-Free Health CareSAICM and KEMI Web Resources Mercury-Free Health Care Pictures of change: Our public Service Announcements First, Do No Harm – VJ Judah Paolo opens the call to medical professionals to shun the use of mercury in health care. Make the Switch – VJ Judah Paolo talks about the dangers of mercury in health care and the environment.Have A Heart – Some heartfelt words from actor/director Albert Martinez on how he became part of the campaign to phase-out mercury in health care. General ResourcesDealing With Mercury SpillsWebsitesModel PoliciesReports, Articles, and GuidesLocal ResourcesIndiaGuidelines issued by India’s Central Government in May 2010 to phase-out mercury containing equipment from all government-run hospitalsDelhi plan to phase-out mercury based medical devices in hospitals under its jurisdictionTaiwanNational policy to phase-out mercury thermometersSouth KoreaElimination of PVC from IV bags in...

Our objective is to transform the health sector to mitigate the climate crisis and its impacts on human health and accelerate the broader transition to a clean energy economy.

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The climate crisis is a health crisis.

An introduction to the networkThe Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network (GGHHN) is a worldwide community of hospitals, health care systems, and organizations dedicated to reducing the ecological footprint of health care operations, in order to promote environmental and public health.  The Network is based on members' commitment to implement the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Agenda by developing more sustainable practices and by measuring progress over time.  The GGHH community shares solutions and best practices.  GGHH is a project of Health Care Without Harm.   The Issue We face a public health crisis involving widespread human disease and death. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined environmental factors such as unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation and hygiene, indoor and outdoor pollution, workplace hazards, industrial accidents, automobile accidents, climate change, poor land use practices, and poor natural resource management. We believe that these same environmental factors are the causes of...