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| Global News |
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The Safe Injection Global Network Alliance Annual Meeting 2010
This year’s meeting took place in Dubai, where HCWH and HCWH member HealthCare Foundation Nepal presented the results of recent work on safe medical waste management in Nepal.
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Philippines: Hospitals Phase out Mercury-containing Devices
HCWH SE Asia reports that more than 700 hospitals all over the country have so far conformed with a Department of Health order for the gradual phaseout of all medical devices containing mercury. more |
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Costa Rica: National Children's Hospital Celebrates Its First Green Week
Starting a new tradition, and with help from HCWH, Costa Rica’s National Children's Hospital celebrated its first Green Week. Organized by the Hospital's Environmental Management Committee, Green Week promoted best practices for conservation, protection and improvement of the environment, as well as raising awareness around recycling. more (in spanish)
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Argentina: Austral University Hospital
HCWH Latin America member Austral University Hospital in Buenos Aires has gone mercury-free. One of the first and most important steps was the replacement of all mercury thermometers for digital devices. The hospital also seeks to create awareness among the population regarding mercury as an extremely polluting metal that is both toxic to the brain and ecology. more (in spanish) |
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| New Resources |
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Mercury: Its Properties, Sources and Health Effects
Prepared and annotated by Jorge Emmanuel (Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chief Technical Advisor, UNDP GEF Project) and
Peter Orris (Professor & Director, Global Toxics Policy Center, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago). more (pdf) |
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| Editorial |
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In Memory of Nomcebo (MaMbili) Mvelase
Nomcebo led HCWH’s South Africa Partner groundWork’s efforts to promote sustainable health care waste management. She was also named a Nurse Luminary by HCWH’s Luminary Project. A mother, wife, daughter, friend to many she sadly passed away on Friday, the 8th of October after a fatal stabbing in the Pietermaritzburg city centre, near Durban, South Africa.
We at Health Care Without Harm are deeply saddened by the loss of Nomcebo Mvelase–our colleague and friend. Many of us from around the world had the privilege to get to know and work with Nomcebo over the past several years. She inspired all of us with her dedication. She impressed all of us as she grew into her job–working with South African health care workers such as nurses like herself, to stop the pollution generated by hospitals and help create a more environmentally healthy and socially just world.
We know she gained their respect, as she did ours. We met her in South Africa, and she came to work with us in places like India and Geneva. Everywhere she went she brought with her a positive attitude and warm smile.
All of us, her colleagues in the Philippines, Latin America, India, Europe, the United States and Africa will miss Cebo deeply. We send our most sincere condolences to her family and our solidarity to all of her community in South Africa.
This newsletter is dedicated to her.
Josh Karliner
International Team Coordinator
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| U.S. and Canada |
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U.S.:
Study to Document Impact of Healthcare Sustainability Best Practices
HCWH Partner, Practice Greenhealth, launched a groundbreaking study to investigate and document the impact of sustainability best practices on patient and worker outcomes and lowering costs. The project is a combined effort of the Health Care Research Collaborative, a partnership of Practice Greenhealth, Health Care Without Harm; and the Healthier Hospitals Initiative. more |
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| Europe |
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Europe: Parliament Fails to Protect Consumers and the Environment From Biocides
The European Parliament (EP) has set the course for a new European system concerning the authorisation and marketing of biocides for household and other uses. HCWH Europe and allies criticised the EP vote on the biocide regulation. more
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| Event Calendar |
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Obesity and Food Environments Webinar
When? December 9th, 2010, 5:00 PM EST. The webinar will be presented by Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., Science Environmental Health Network; Leslie Mikkelsen, R.D., Prevention Institute; Judith Bell, President, Policy Link. more |
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