Health Care Without Harm: Leading the global movement for environmentally responsible health care
HCWH is engaged in a series of global initiatives, including collaboration with the WHO to subsitute mercury-based medical devices, and another to address the health sector's climate footprint. We are engaged in an eight country GEF project led by UNDP. We work with Strategic Partner organizations in areas where we have no office, and collaborate with our members around the world. more
HCWH News
April 20 2013
Health Care Without Harm Press Release
Health Care Without Harm Press Release
City of Rosario, HCWH Agree to Replace Chemicals in Hospitals
HCWH and Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Founding Member, Rosario’s Department of Public Health (covering (52 municipal health centers, 5 hospitals, 2 maternities, and 1 ambulatory medical center) signed an agreement to promote the replacement of hazardous chemicals used in hospitals for safer alternatives. moreApril 19, 2013
Health Care Without Harm Press Release
Health Care Without Harm Press Release
Mercury Free Seminars in Salvador, Recife and Brasilia
HCWH and partner organization Projecto Hospitais Saudaveis organized a series of Mercury Free Health Care seminars in the cities of Salvador, Recife and Brasilia. moreEnvironmental Health News
May 2, 2013, N Engl J Med 2013; 368:1335-1343April 4, 2013DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1109341
By Anthony J. McMichael, M.B., B.S., Ph.D.
By Anthony J. McMichael, M.B., B.S., Ph.D.
Globalization, Climate Change, and Human Health
Excerpt: "The global scale, interconnectedness, and economic intensity of contemporary human activity are historically unprecedented, as are many of the consequent environmental and social changes." moreApril 7, 2013, UNDP
By Suely Carvalho
By Suely Carvalho
Is it possible to provide health care without causing harm to the environment?
Excerpt: "Is it possible to provide health care without causing harm to the environment? World Health Day 2013 reminds us that 12 percent of all deaths globally are due to high blood pressure. For centuries, doctors did not have a good way to monitor blood pressure until the introduction of mercury blood pressure meters in the early 1900s." moreReports and Publications
April 11, 2013
Health Care Without Harm and University of Illinois at Chicago
Health Care Without Harm and University of Illinois at Chicago
Scientific Evidence of Health Effects from Coal Use in Energy Generation
The pollutants generated from coal combustion have profound effects on the health of local communities but can also travel long distances, affecting communities remote from power plants. A new scientific review documenting the evidence of the health impacts from coal use in energy generation has been released by researchers from the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). This scientific literature review is a new initiative of the Health Care Research Collaborative based at UIC and carried out in conjunction with Health Care Without Harm, and is part of a project to evaluate the health impacts and healthcare costs of energy generation choices across a number of countries. moreNovember 1, 2012
Health Care Without Harm
Health Care Without Harm
Mercury Treaty and Medical Devices: Fact Sheet
As regional meetings begin in preparation for the final negotiating session of the global mercury treaty in January, HCWH has produced a fact sheet that makes the case for a treaty that mandates a rapid global phase-out of mercury thermometers and blood pressure devices. moreOctober 22, 2011
WHO-HCWH Mercury-Free Update for INC3
WHO and HCWH have produced an update on the Global Mercury-Free Healthcare Initiative that charts progress toward the goal of virtual elimination and substitution of mercury thermometers and blood pressure devices around the world by 2017. moreOctober 13, 2011
Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Agenda
The Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Agenda sets out to support existing efforts around the world to promote greater sustainability and environmental health in the health sector, and thereby to strengthen health systems globally. moreDownload Report: Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Agenda: A Comprehensive Environmental Health Agenda for Hospitals and Health Systems Around the World (pdf)
Download: Medical Waste and Human Rights: Submission to the U.N. Human Rights Council (pdf)
Download: Appendix of the Human Rights Report: Country Case Studies and Snapshots (pdf)
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Download: Appendix of the Human Rights Report: Country Case Studies and Snapshots (pdf)
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