Aunque muy vulnerable a impactos del cambio climático, el sector salud contribuye a emisiones de GEI, pero también puede generar cambios a favor del clima como promover gobernanza en salud climática. Latinoamérica y Caribe tienen iniciativas para reducir huella ecológica de hospitales y sistemas de salud.
On October 6, Health Care Without Harm will be featured in a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) webinar that will shine a light on solutions to create net zero, resilient health care from around the world.
Featuring representatives of the UN-backed global campaign Race to Zero, along with members of health care institutions participating in the campaign, this event will feature international perspectives on the innovative climate policies and strategies being implemented to transform the health care sector.
Climate change is creating a health emergency. In a survey of hospital doctors and nurses in France, Germany and the UK, many agreed they need to better prepare patients and adapt their healthcare systems to be more sustainable.
La Red Global de Hospitales Verdes y Saludables se creó en 2011, de la mano de Salud Sin Daño, para reducir la huella ambiental del sector. La red cuenta con 1.500 miembros, entre los cuales hay 939 hospitales de 15 países latinoamericanos. La gestión de los residuos y las compras sostenibles son los puntos que más se trabajan en la actualidad. Otras acciones pasan por reducir el uso de sustancias contaminantes, como el cloro y el mercurio.
Nov. 8, 2021Updated 6:41 p.m. ET
More than 40 countries have pledged to cut greenhouse-gas emissions across their health systems, World Health Organization officials said late Monday, representing the largest global effort to date to try to reduce contributions by the world’s hospitals and health care industry to global warming.