Global: Climate & Health Summit, Durban Dec 4, Save the Date
HCWH – HCWH, the World Federation of Public Health Associations, the Climate and Health Council and the University of KwaZulu-Natal are organizing the first Global Climate and Health Summit. The Summit will take place on December 4 in Durban South Africa parallel to the COP 17 climate negotiations. The event will 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

Philippines: HCWH Commends City Resolution on Med Waste
HCWH – HCWH SEAsia commends a city resolution under discussion in Puerto Princesa City Council that would ensure safe and proper disposal of medical, infectious and toxic medical waste. The resolution proposed by Councilor Miguel Cuaderno IV will use autoclave in the treatment of infectious medical wastes from hospitals, infirmaries, birthing homes, clinics, laboratories, drug manufacturers, institutions, mortuary and autopsy centers.  more

US: Mercury Poisoning Linked to Mexican Beauty Product
The Monitor – Solid medical sleuthing by private physicianshas identified a public health threat in the form of a Mexican beauty product containing mercury. The patients exhibited symptoms that included extremity numbness, high blood pressure and changes in their mental function.  more

UK: National Health Service Adapts Itself To Climate Change Challenges
Hufftington Post – UK's National Health Service (NHS) needs to be a low carbon, sustainable healthcare provider and face the new challenge of treating medical problems arising from climate change, the leaders of a new initiative have said. In this regard, a training programme that aims to educate future doctors on how to reduce carbon emissions and waste in the NHS has been launched. The government has already set the service a drastic Carbon Reduction Strategy, which requires it to attain an 80% reduction in emissions by 2050.  more

Guyana: Warming Coast Risks Malaria Resurgence
Trust – Guyana is battling to prevent the spread of malaria as climate change brings higher temperatures and more rainfall, threatening to push the disease back into densely populated coastal regions.  more

Kenya: Electronic Waste and the Need for Secure Disposal Mechanisms
All Africa – E-waste is a growing problem in waste disposal systems all over the world and hence a threat to thousands of lives. Millions of electronic gadgets are dumped in the landfills after their end of life while others are a common spectre in open dump sites. Consequences of poor electronic waste management have a far reaching effect that includes ecological, economic and social impacts.  more

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