The Association of Non-Government Hospital (ANGHOS), a new GGHH member in Nepal, organized a Symposium on Health Care Waste Management at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, in Kathmandu, Nepal on 2 April 2017. The symposium was part of the 2nd Infection Control Assessment Workshop that took place from 30 March to April 2.

The first Amazon Seminar on Healthy Hospitals took place in Belem, Brazil on March 14 and 15, 2017. The event brought together health sector representatives from the region to learn about and discuss the they currently face and will face due to climate change. Organized by Projeto Hospitais Saudáveis (PHS), HCWH’s strategic partner in Brazil, and GGHH member, Hospital Público Estadual Galileu (Pró-Saúde – Associação Beneficente de Assistência Social e Hospitalar), the seminar aimed to raise awareness and commitment of health institutions to the challenges of climate change and waste management.