The story of the Sambhavna Clinic, a non-profit holistic health clinic in Bhopal, India, built to treat those injured by the Union Carbide toxic gas release in 1984. enlarge video
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Greening the Health Sector: Rio+20 Event
Brazil — Hospitals and health systems are beginning to substantively contribute to a green economy both in developed and developing countries.
This trend points to a major contribution that the health sector—which comprises between 8 and 10 percent of world GDP--can make to sustainable development.
When: June 20, 2pm
Where: U.S. Center, Parque dos Atletas,
Organized by: Health Care Without Harm
In Partnership with: The World Health Organization and the National Health Service Sustainability Unit, England
Health Care Without Harm is an international coalition of more than 500 organizations in 53 countries, working to transform the health care sector worldwide, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment. Visit the HCWH website for more information.
