Health Care Without Harm is pleased to announce the 2019 Climate Champions of the Health Care Climate Challenge. This year, we are honored to recognize the largest group of award winners in the history of the Climate Challenge: over 40 participating institutions from 15 countries.
August 27, 2019
Source: Auckland District Health Board
Auckland District Health Board (GGHH member in New Zealand) has won the Excellence in Climate Action – Large Organisation category at the Enviro-Mark Solutions Awards in Auckland.
August 15, 2019
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (a GGHH member) is joining an international movement to declare a climate emergency, becoming the first NHS trust in the UK to do so.
July 23, 2019
Water
The Gauteng Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the Department of Health in collaboration with the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) celebrated World Environment Day by greening the Sebokeng Hospital on Thursday, 27 June 2019.
July 19, 2019
The Minister of Health of the Maldives Abdulla Ameen announced last month at the World Health Assembly in Geneva that his ministry is developing green climate-smart policies for his country’s hospitals based on two reports co-produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Health Care Without Harm.
June 26, 2019
On the 27th of June HCWH Europe will host the webinar, Promoting safer disinfectants in the healthcare sector, to raise awareness about the potential hazards of disinfectants in healthcare settings, as well as the need for chemical substitution and harmonised sustainable public procurement criteria
June 12, 2019