On 17 August 2017, 32 participants from GGHH member institutions in the Gauteng province, South Africa, participated in a regional workshop and training on sustainable health care.

Today is a historic day. The Minamata Convention on Mercury, a global treaty that will phase out mercury-based medical devices by 2020, enters into force.

On 16 August 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force, obliging countries from around the globe to phase out mercury-containing thermometers and blood pressure devices by 2020, and to phase-down their use of dental amalgam.