Written by: Luqman Yesufu, GGHH Campaign Manager, Membership Outreach and Engagement in South Africa, groundWork

groundWork, HCWH’s strategic partner in South Africa, together with the Gauteng Directorate of Health Care Waste and Occupational Hygiene Risk Management, hosted the “2017 GGHH Waste Exchange” on 23-24 October 2017 for South African members. 25 delegates from four provinces in the country – Gauteng, Free State, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal- attended the event.

Counties Manukau Health (CM Health), a GGHH member in New Zealand, is proud to announce that two of their health care facilities, Middlemore Hospital and Manukau SuperClinic, have achieved a 21% reduction of absolute carbon surpassing their target of a 20% reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions.

Declaration endorsed by institutions representing more than 10,000 hospitals

Bonn, Germany—With global climate negotiations beginning their second week at COP23, leading hospitals and health systems around the world issued a Call to Action for the health sector to play a leadership role in tackling climate change.

Health Care Without Harm delivered the Call to Action to the World Health Organization’s Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during a high-level event on climate and health at COP23. “The health impacts of climate change and the health benefits of climate action are becoming increasingly clear,” said Director General Tedros. “Health care, with its hospitals on the front lines, must be part of the solution.”

Organized by Health Care Without Harm and its Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network, 137 institutions in 33 countries, representing the interests of more than 10,100 hospitals and health centers have joined the Health Care Call to Action on Climate Change.