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Latest news
Call for Inputs: Consultation on Heat Stability of Health Products
10 June 2025 | Unitaid is seeking input on existing knowledge, experiences and views on the vulnerabilities of health products to extreme heat, along with potential solutions. Inputs can be submitted by 30 June via a dedicated survey.
Call for Data: Integrating Nutrition into Climate-Health Policies
6 June 2025 |.Member States and stakeholders are invited to submit data to support the development of guidance on integrating nutrition into climate-health policies. Submit by 30 June 2025 to contribute.
Call for Expressions of Interest: Host the South Asia Heat Health Hub
The Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) is seeking a host institution for the new South Asia Heat Health Hub. Expressions of interest are welcome until 6 June 2025 from non-governmental organizations, governmental entities and institutes, universities, academic and research institutes, and private sector entities.
Latest resources
Climate-resilient acute care clinical operations: A framework that informs how operations within acute care build climate-resilient health systems
Health leaders increasingly recognize climate change as a critical issue for healthcare. Granular guidance is needed to operationalize adaptation, resiliency, and mitigation strategies. This new framework supports climate-resilient acute care clinical operations through strategy development, implementation, and evaluation in Canadian health facilities.
The Low Carbon Fruit Tree for Primary Care
Primary care practitioners are well positioned to help reduce healthcare’s greenhouse gas emissions. This narrative review highlights 19 initiatives that can be integrated into primary care to lower emissions and costs by reducing reliance on high-intensity services like emergency room visits and hospitalizations.
Reusables First Approach to Healthcare
“Reusables first” is a procurement approach that prioritizes reusable products and devices over single-use disposables whenever possible and clinically appropriate.
The new Reusables First Approach to Healthcare playbook...