World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
Categories: Climate Resilient Health Systems, Low Carbon Sustainable Health Systems, Supply chains, Climate Change & Health Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessments, GHG emissions baseline assessments, Action Plans for sustainable low carbon health systems, Global
WFSA is the foremost global alliance of anaesthesiologists, with 141 member societies representing over 150 countries and 500,000+ anaesthesiologists. WFSA unites anaesthesiologists around the world to improve patient care and access to safe anaesthesia and perioperative medicine. WFSA works with its members to advance sustainability across all aspects of the practice of anaesthesiology, inside and outside the operating room.
Environmental health and sustainability is an issue that currently spans multiple WFSA committees and membership societies. The subject touches upon professionalism, practice management, leadership, ethics, public health, population health, equipment and facilities, medication management and scarcity of resources.
Supporting the following commitments:
- Use the V&A and HNAP to facilitate access to climate change funding for health.
- Deliver a baseline assessment of greenhouse gas emissions of the health system (including supply chains).
- Develop an action plan or roadmap by a set date to develop a sustainable low carbon health system (including supply chains).
County experience:
WFSA has member societies in over 150 countries. They work across the multiple commitments.