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Health Care Without Harm is an observer to the international plastic treaty negotiations and has participated in all the meetings of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution since 2022. Since the first meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in 2022, our international network has advocated for a treaty that avoids blanket exemptions for the health sector, and embeds human health through the text.

By Lesley Onyon, Peter Orris, MD, MPH, Michelle T. Reyes, RPh, MD. As physicians who have spent…

Talks on the UN Plastics Treaty collapsed in Geneva today after countries failed to agree on…

The Fifth Global Conference on Climate and Health opened a key space for climate adaptation in…

Diferentes tecnologias estão disponíveis para gerenciar e processar resíduos plásticos do setor de saúde. No entanto, sua segurança para a saúde e o meio ambiente deve ser avaliada integralmente ao se considerar alternativas.

From advocating for policy changes to implementing groundbreaking initiatives on the ground, our collective impact has never been stronger.

WHAT ARE ‘COOKIES’?Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit or certain emails you open. They are widely used in order to make websites function properly, as well as to provide business and marketing information to the owners of the site.Cookies pose no risk to your computer, as they are simply text files and not executable programs. HOW WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER METHODS FOR THE COLLECTION OF WEBSITE USAGE DATAHealth Care Without Harm uses various web tools such as cookies, sessions, and other technology that may be stored on your hard drive to automatically collect information that tells us how website users are generally using our site, accessing services that are available on our site, and log web usage data from you when you visit the Health Care Without Harm websites. This information is not categorized as personal...

Saint Paul’s Hospital of Iloilo is committed to waste reduction. By the close of 2026, the hospital…

Great Ormond Street Hospital switched to reusable textile alternatives to ensure the continuation of…

In Brazil, the Dr. João Amorim Center for Studies and Research (CEJAM) plans to prevent more than 60…

In Colombia, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá is working to replace single-use surgical gowns and drapes…

The Sustainable Health in Procurement Project (SHiPP) is a program developed by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with Health Care Without Harm, and funded by the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (SIDA), that aims to reduce the harm to people and the environment caused by the manufacture, use and disposal of medical products and by the implementation of health programs.