Global: Climate & Health Summit, Durban Dec 4, Save the Date
HCWH – The first Global Climate and Health Summit, takes place parallel to the COP 17 climate negotiations. It aims to bring together key health sector actors to discuss the impacts of climate change on public health and solutions that promote greater health, as well as economic equity between and within nations.  more

Vietnam: Hospitals Told to Treat Medical Waste
Vietnam News – According to the HCM City Health Dept. hospitals have to install medical treatment facilities meeting national standards by the end of this year. Nguyen Tan Phong, deputy head of the HCM City University of Technology's Environment Faculty, said that if this hazardous waste was not treated well, it was dangerous for the environment and posed a health risk for residents.  more

Philippines: Proper Handling of Medical, Toxic Waste Pushed
SunStar – Councilor Caesar Distrito proposed an ordinance providing an effective, proper handling in the collection, transport, storage treatment and disposal of hazardous medical and other toxic waste. Such medical waste proved to endanger the health of the general populace; accordingly the need to provide an effective and proper handling in the collection, transport, storage treatment and disposal is imperative.  more

New Delhi: A Year After Ban, 60 City Hospitals Are Mercury-free
Express India – A year after the Delhi government issued a stricture to ban the use of mercury-based instruments in hospitals, as much as 90 kg of the liquid metal has been sold by over 60 hospitals. This was possible after the Delhi Pollution Control Committee emerged with a unique plan to recycle unused mercury from the city's hospitals by selling it back to private manufacturers.  more

Philippines: Study Aims to Determine if Climate Change Has an Impact on Infectious Diseases
GMA News – According to Science Undersecretary Graciano Yumul Jr. there might be a correlation between changes in weather, temperature, rainfall, and the location of the dengue fever surges in the country. In this regard, the Department of Science and Technology and the state weather bureau have launched a study that will enable health authorities to predict dengue outbreaks in the future and its relationship with climate change.  more

Fiji: Health Impacts of Climate Change
Fiji Times – Minister of Health Doctor Neil Sharma said preliminary data demonstrated an understandable relation between the changing weather patterns and patterns of communicable disease outbreaks.  more

US: St. Elizabeth Hospital Cancer Center Install Second Living Roof
PostCrecent – St. Elizabeth Hospital Cancer Center began the installation of the hospital's second "living roof". The green living roof atop the cancer center's entrance will bring added benefits to the hospital beyond reduced energy costs.  more

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