Search Results

First, Do No Harm from Health Care Without Harm - Asia on Vimeo.Make the switch from Health Care…

GGHH Manual for Members in Southeast Asia click to download the english versionAlso available in…

Resources: Science Resources· Health Care Action Kit· Failure of Current Chemical Policy — and…

Making good things happenIn almost a decade, Health Care Without Harm - Asia has caused a major shift in the attitudes of health institutions, workers, manufacturers, and the government towards the use of mercury in medical instruments and the shift from burning of medical waste to the promotion of non-burn treatment technologies.  Our successes include:Securing national policies to phase out mercury-based medical devicesThe organization held dialogues with local government units and encouraged hospitals and health care centers to switch to safer alternatives. We also collaborated on an administrative order mandating the gradual phasing-out of mercury-containing devices from all Philippine hospitals by 2010. The Philippines was the first Southeast Asian - and the first developing - country to have a national legislation on mercury phase-out.Preventing the usage of medical waste incinerators and promoting safer waste management The Philippines is also the first country to...

"Imagine hospitals, health practitioners, health systems, and health organizations from around the world working together for a healthier, more sustainable planet for the people."The Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) community has over 1,350 members in 72 countries who represent the interests of more than 43,000 hospitals and health centers.Our members are using innovation, ingenuity, and investment to transform the health sector and foster a healthy future for people and the planet.Visit greenhospitals.netBECOME A MEMBER TODAY - CLICK TO SIGN UPGlobal Green and Health Hospitals (GGHH) Network has its foundation in a comprehensive framework of 10 interconnected sustainability goals for the health sector to address and promote greater sustainability and environmental health.LeadershipChemicalsWasteEnergyWaterFoodPharmaceuticalsBuildingsPurchasingTransportationGGHH is a global program of Health Care Without HarmFor more info on how to become a member, you may send an email to greenhospitalsasia@hcwh.org

Mercury-Free Health CareSAICM and KEMI Web Resources Healthcare Waste WorkPhilippine Measles…

While the GGHH is a young organization, some very well-respected institutions have become founding members in all three membership categories: Hospitals, Health Systems, and Health Organizations. This roster includes institutions from countries on six continents. Hospitals in Asia play a vital role in this global network. Below are lists of hospitals, health systems and organizations in the region that have pledged to adopt greener and healthier procedures.Health system membersDepartment of Health - GREEN and CLEAN Hospitals Program (Thailand) with its 746 hospitals and 3,099 sub district hospitals under the Bureau of Environmental Health, Department of Health, Ministry of Health is one of the health system member to the Network committing to publicize through the GREEN and CLEAN Hospitals program the Agenda and encourage their members to join and share their experiences. The system pledged to work on four goals: leadership, energy, waste, and food. St. Paul de Chartres...

HCWH-Asia's library of files and media is carefully curated to give the public the necessary tools…

- Paranque City, Metro ManilaThe move towards use of mercury-free devices was initiated by the Chief of hospital of Florencio V. Bernabe Sr. Memorial Hospital. The information was relayed to the executive management committee and the rank managers.Seminars on environmental health, AO 21 and meetings of chief of hospitals under the direct guidance of the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DoH-CHD) highlighted the urgency of mercury phase-out. However,disposal of mercury in all the key areas of the old building of the hospital paved the way for initiation of a move toward mercury-free devices in 2008.

Fast Facts for TwitterCase StudiesFast Facts for Twitter 1. A fourth of all human diseases can be…

- General Santos City, South CotabatoThe only recipient of Do No Harm Award in Mindanao, General Santos Doctors Hospital is among the 1st hospitals in the country to have a mercury-out program as early as 2007. Sr. Arcelita Sarnillo initiated the program in relation to the Solid Waste Management Program of the hospital where Health Care Without Harm was invited to give a seminar on mercury alternatives. The seminar was well-attended by the hospital employees, other nearby hospitals and Local Government Units.AO 21 was an addition to the already motivated administration of GSDH to phase-out mercury. Patient safety, health workers safety and concern for the environment came in as primary reasons for the move.To date, GSDH has been a consistent model hospital for Region 12 with their health care waste management practices and alternative appropriate technology for the treatment of infectious wastes. They have initiatives in the...

- Makati City, Metro ManilaAiming to be the 1st Green Hospital in the Philippines with solar power air conditioning and cell site, Makati Medical Center started mercury phase-out upon receipt of AO 21 in the office of Medical Director Dr. Benjamin N. Alimurung.Dr. Alimurung immediately collaborated with the hospital’s Facility Management and Engineering Department, Purchasing Department, Hospital Waste Management Subcommittee and Total Quality Services Division to create the Mercury Management team. The team immediately discontinued distribution of mercury thermometers in the patient’s admission and discharge kits and conducted a mercury audit. After a month, the Mercury Minimization Program was in full swing.The Basic and Advance Course on Pollution Control given ty the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) also introduces the issue of mercury phase-out in the hospitalThe transition was gradual-each month, the Nursing Service Officer schedules with the Purchasing department the number of mercury...