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Water is a dwindling natural resource and potable water is wrongly considered an unlimited resource. Dialysis, particularly hemodialysis, is a water-hungry treatment that impacts the environment. The…
Published date
April 2023
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Mohamed Ben Hmida, Tahar Mechichi, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Mohamed Ksibi
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Happy to share a recently published article that look at new clinical reasoning (professional reasoning) that can specifically target environmental sustainable healthcare provision. The…
This is a interesting alternative to the CSH principles of sustainable healthcare and the GNHS workstreams.
'We propose five policy principles:
1. Reduce healthcare demand through increased…
Publication in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Abstract
There is a bidirectional relationship between climate change and health care. Climate change threatens public health, and…
Climate change represents one of the largest global health threats of the 21st century with immediate and long-term consequences for the most vulnerable populations, especially in the poorest…
This article looks at how public health is becoming increasingly threatened by global warming, land use, and changing wildfire patterns that shape vegetation type, structure, and biodiversity and…
A fascinating article on the usefulness of lifecycle analyses (LCA) for interventions in dermatology trials. Adding in this element would be a huge step forward in the transparency of the…
This article explores systems theory and behaviour change for environmentally sustainable orthopaedics and trauma healthcare, but the main principles are transferrable to all types of healthcare…
In this advocacy article from the European Kidney Health Alliance, the authors describe the mutual impact of climate change on kidney health and kidney care on ecology. They propose an array of…
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April 2022
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Raymond Vanholder, John Agar, Marion Braks, Daniel Gallego, Karin G F Gerritsen, Mark Harber, Edita Noruisiene, Jitka Pancirova, Giorgina B Piccoli, Dimitrios Stamatialis, Fokko Wieringa
