Gary Cohen, Uncommon Hero
HCWH's co-founder Gary Cohen is a recipient of the prestigious Skoll Award. This video, chronicling the evolution of HCWH's work, premiered at the 2009 Skoll World Forum. enlarge video
HCWH's co-founder Gary Cohen is a recipient of the prestigious Skoll Award. This video, chronicling the evolution of HCWH's work, premiered at the 2009 Skoll World Forum. enlarge video
Health Care Without Harm is an international coalition of more than 470 organizations in 52 countries working to transform the health care sector so it is no longer a source of harm to people and the environment. enlarge video
Download Report: The Global Movement for Mercury-Free Health Care: How health care leaders around the world are substituting mercury-based medical devices with safer, environmentally sound alternatives (pdf)
Today's Feature
January 5, 2010
Health Care Without Harm Press Release
Health Care Without Harm Press Release
Post-Copenhagen Position Statement
The UN negotiations did not deliver the legally binding agreement needed for reducing emissions to protect the climate and people’s health. Rather, world leaders managed to come up with a “letter of intent”, a non-binding declaration without clear commitments from any government. more
U.S. and Canada
January 7, 2010
Health Care Without Harm Press Release
Health Care Without Harm Press Release
Antibiotics Petition Announcement
Hundreds of individual health care practitioners, along with a number of hospitals and health care systems, have registered their support for the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2009 (PAMTA). This bipartisan legislation, introduced in the House (HR 1549) and the Senate (S. 619), is intended to help curb the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, which costs society tens of billions of dollars annually. moreEurope
1 February 2010
HCWH-Europe Press Release
HCWH-Europe Press Release
Health Groups Call for 40% Target on Carbon Emissions
Health Care Without Harm Europe (HCWHE) and Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) are calling on EU Heads of States to increase the European target on climate change. moreSoutheast Asia
1 February 2010
HCWH-Southeast Asia Press Release
HCWH-Southeast Asia Press Release
Ilocos Region Signs Green Health Covenant
In the 1st regional conference organized by Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA) and the Department of Health-Center for Health Development I (DoH-CHD), 637 health care workers from all over Ilocos region signed the Green Health Covenant with a promise of a greener health care. moreAmérica Latina
4 de noviembre de 2009
Gacetillas de prensa de Salud sin Daño
Gacetillas de prensa de Salud sin Daño
Líderes del Sector Salud Solicitan Medidas Decisorias Sobre el Cambio Climático
Algunas de las organizaciones más grandes del mundo de enfermería, medicina y salud pública están instando a los líderes mundiales a que tomen medidas decisivas para hacer frente al cambio climático, de forma de evitar lo que podría convertirse en una crisis mundial en materia de salud pública. másGlobal Projects & Other Regions
December 16, 2009
Health Care Without Harm Press Release
Health Care Without Harm Press Release
Tackling Twin Threats: Climate Change and the Global Health Gap
Student and professional health leaders from different organizations (HEAL, Medsin-UK, Climate and Health Council, HCWH, International Federation of Medical Students' Associations) offered a Prescription for a Healthy Planet — emphasizing the twinned opportunity decision-makers have to tackle climate change, and to narrow the global health gap between rich and poor. moreHealing Garden Grows in Bhopal
The story of the Sambhavna Clinic, a non-profit holistic health clinic in Bhopal, India, built to treat those injured by the Union Carbide toxic gas release in 1984. enlarge video
The story of the Sambhavna Clinic, a non-profit holistic health clinic in Bhopal, India, built to treat those injured by the Union Carbide toxic gas release in 1984. enlarge video
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)
