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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
25 April 2013
HCWH-Asia Press Release
HCWH-Asia Press Release
Search is over for ECO-trends in dialysis service
The Philippine Society of Nephrology in partnership with HCWH-Asia recently held a nationwide contest among dialysis centers in the country. Dubbed as ECO-TRENDS or ECO-Towards Responsible Environment Friendly Dialysis Services, PSN and HCWH-Asia went around the country to tap dialysis centers with ecologically-sound alternatives to current health care practices that could pollute the environment and contribute to disease. more18 April 2013
HCWH-Asia Blog
HCWH-Asia Blog
Topic for Today: Chemicals
Looking towards the front part of the conference room, the projector has presentations on cue and the lecturers are reviewing their notes. At least 40 people in uniforms are waiting. It was announced that the topic for today is chemicals. moreEnvironmental Health News
29 April 2013, The Times of India
Over 6k facilities dumping biomed waste, says report
Excerpt: "Pune, India - Over 75 % of the clinics in the city simply dump their biomedical waste without using any scientific disposal method. Nursing homes and hospitals, however, fare better with about 15 % of them found flouting norms prescribed for disposal of biomedical waste. The civic body has come out with these findings in its latest report on biomedical waste disposal and will now initiate a drive to ensure every clinic complies with prescribed norms for disposal." more29 April 2013, Republica (Nepal)
Hospitals negligent about medical waste management
Excerpt: "Kathmandu, Nepal - Bhailal Deula, 37, an employee at the housekeeping department of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital (STIDH), complained that his hard labor at the hospital is being wasted. Though Deula segregates wastes produced at the hospital, he has no choice but to throw them all into a container placed by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) at the hospital premises. " 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)
