Blog series | Insight
Insight is a monthly blog series published by HCWH Europe. Through this blog, we will be sharing insights from our team, HCWH Europe members, and partners on different sustainable healthcare topics. The hope is that the ideas shared will inspire and motivate you, as we work together to transform healthcare worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice.
Happy reading!
2023
- Reducing plastic from the Cyprus healthcare system (April 2023)
- Sustainable lessons in healthcare | Member placement - North Bristol NHS Trust, UK (April 2023)
- Lessons in toxic-free circular healthcare | Member placement - Region Västra Götaland, Sweden (February 2023)
2022
- End of year message 2022 (December 2022)
- Antimicrobial resistance – A silent yet insidious pandemic (December 2022)
- Doctors are losing resources in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (August 2022)
- Why the war in Ukraine can drive the spread of AMR (June 2022)
- A step forward in phasing-out harmful chemicals: The role of healthcare (June 2022)
- Lessons in Climate-smart healthcare | Member placement - Galician Health Service, Spain (June 2022)
- The EU must take the lead in preserving essential medicine for human use (May 2022)
- Crunch time for the EU – restrict hazardous chemicals affecting infants (March 2022)
2021
- How healthcare can reduce unnecessary antimicrobial use in healthy animals (December 2021)
- Healthcare climate action at COP26 (November 2021)
- Taking the pulse of COP26 (November 2021)
- Antimicrobial resistance - The silent pandemic in the spotlight (November 2021)
- Hospitals can play a leading role in reducing pharmaceutical pollution (August 2021)
- Building resilience: Evaluating the case for reusable medical protective clothing (March 2021)
- Where do our prescribed drugs end up? (March 2021)
2020
- Medical textiles - why chemistry matters (December 2020)
- What the EU’s Pharmaceutical Strategy could mean for sustainability (December 2020)
- Agricultural policy is health policy (November 2020)
- Tackling endocrine disrupting chemicals in healthcare facilities: Initiatives from France (September 2020)
- Do bio-based plastics help achieve sustainability goals? (August 2020)
- The European Green Deal: New opportunities for sustainable healthcare (June 2020)
- Safer medical devices – in transition for another year (May 2020)
- Sustainable healthcare during a pandemic (April 2020)
