Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)-Asia together with the UNDP Global Environment Facility Project on Global Healthcare Waste launched the report From the Backyard to the Frontline: Initiatives of Philippine Hospital Workers on Best Environmental Practices at a meeting of 150 hospital administrators and staff in Cavite, Philippines. The report showcases exemplary practices in seven selected hospitals.

GGHH Founding Member, Projecto Hospitais Saudáveis, is organizing the VI Seminar on Healthy Hospitals.  The Seminar will be held on 3 and 4 September 2013, at the Sírio Libanese Hospital, Institute of Education and Research, in São Paulo, Brazil.