Climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities - WHO Webinar - AM session

This webinar is part of the series of technical webinars on conducting climate change and health.
This is the recording of a live webinar held on 10 July 2024.
This webinar provides an overview of how to address and manage a range of climate change risks and environmental impacts affecting healthcare facilities, with the goals of: a) enhancing climate resilience to withstand climate shocks and stresses, and b) implementing environmentally sustainable interventions to improve safety, quality of care, and environmental protection. Interventions aimed at strengthening the climate resilience of healthcare facilities and promoting environmental sustainability focus on four key requirements for delivering safe and quality care in the context of climate change: 1) Health workforce; 2) Water, sanitation, hygiene, and healthcare waste management; 3) Sustainable and clean energy services; and 4) Infrastructure, technologies, products, and processes. The session includes the sharing of country experiences and interactive, small-group activities and discussion.
Time stamps:
0:00:00 Welcome and housekeeping (Dr Yiqi Pan, WHO)
0:04:28 Opening remarks (Dr Amy Savage, WHO)
0:08:00 Introduction to Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities (Mr Saleh Rababa, WHO EMRO)
0:40:11 Country experience: Iran (Dr Abbas Shahsavani, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Islamic Republic of Iran)
0:51:29 Country experience: Vietnam (Dr Do Manh Cuong, VIHEMA, Ministry of Health Vietnam)
1:05:44 Group work introduction and summary of the main points (Moderated by Mr Saleh Rababa)
1:14:59 Webinar close (Dr Yiqi Pan, WHO)