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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HCWH Weighs in at UN Chemicals Forum
Nairobi — Joining a UN gathering addressing chemical safety issues, HCWH released a report on a series of activities that promote the substitution of chemicals with safer alternatives in the health care sector.
The report release coincided with an intervention on the floor of the Third International Conference on Chemicals Management by HCWH South East Asia chemical policy coordinator Faye Ferrer. In her statement Ms. Ferrer underscored HCWH's activities to promote green and healthy hospitals around the world, and the organization's support for the proposed Health Sector Strategy of SAICM— the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management. The SAICM Health Sector Strategy was subsequently approved.
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.
