Download Report: Toward the Tipping Point: WHO-HCWH Global Initiative to Substitute Mercury-Based Medical Devices in Health Care. A Two-Year Progress Report (pdf)
Download Report: End of an Era: The Phase-Out of Mercury Blood Pressure Devices (pdf)
Health Care Without Harm: Leading the global movement for environmentally responsible health care
"First Do No Harm" ... Together with our partners around the world, Health Care Without Harm shares a vision of a health care sector that does no harm, and instead promotes the health of people and the environment. To that end, we are working to implement ecologically sound and healthy alternatives to health care practices that pollute the environment and contribute to disease. more
HCWH News
5 February 2013
HCWH-Asia Blog
HCWH-Asia Blog
Medical Waste Awareness at an All-time High in Nepal
Health Care Without Harm has been working with strategic partners Healthcare Foundation Nepal (HECAF) since 2008 and the issue has never been hotter. more4 February 2013
HCWH | Video
HCWH | Video
Video | Bir Hospital Transforms its Healthcare Waste Management
Kathmandu — Since 2010, Health Care Foundation Nepal (HECAF) and Health Care Without Harm, supported by the World Health Organisation, have been working with the leadership and staff of Bir Hospital to transform their healthcare waste management. moreEnvironmental Health News
December 2013, Koreamed.org
Mercury Exposure among Garbage Workers in Southern Thailand
Excerpt: "Summary paragraph goes here." more31 December 2012, Himalayan News Service
Govt warns hospital to strictly manage waste
Excerpt: "Kathmandu, Nepal - The government has warned that it would shut hospitals failing to set up waste treatment plant." moreReports and Publications
2 June 2011
WHO Releases Technical Guidance on Substituting Mercury Thermometers and Sphygmomanometers
WHO has issued a Technical Guidance Document for the safe substitution of non-mercury thermometers and sphygmomanometers in health-care settings. more17 March 2011
Health Care Without Harm
Health Care Without Harm
The Phase-out of Mercury Containing Devices in Philippine Hospitals
The Phase-out of Mercury Containing Devices in Philippine Hospitals moreQuick Links
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WHO-HCWH Climate Report
Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings (pdf)
Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings (pdf)
