Towards Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities

Author:

Corvalan Carlos,Villalobos Prats Elena,Sena Aderita,Campbell-Lendrum Diarmid,Karliner Josh,Risso Antonella,Wilburn Susan,Slotterback Scott,Rathi Megha,Stringer Ruth,Berry Peter,Edwards Sally,Enright Paddy,Hayter Arabella,Howard Guy,Lapitan Jostacio,Montgomery Margaret,Prüss-Ustün AnnetteORCID,Varangu Linda,Vinci Salvatore

Abstract

The aim of building climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities is: (a) to enhance their capacity to protect and improve the health of their target communities in an unstable and changing climate; and (b) to empower them to optimize the use of resources and minimize the release of pollutants and waste into the environment. Such health care facilities contribute to high quality of care and accessibility of services and, by helping reduce facility costs, also ensure better affordability. They are an important component of universal health coverage. Action is needed in at least four areas which are fundamental requirements for providing safe and quality care: having adequate numbers of skilled human resources, with decent working conditions, empowered and informed to respond to these environmental challenges; sustainable and safe management of water, sanitation and health care waste; sustainable energy services; and appropriate infrastructure and technologies, including all the operations that allow for the efficient functioning of a health care facility. Importantly, this work contributes to promoting actions to ensure that health care facilities are constantly and increasingly strengthened and continue to be efficient and responsive to improve health and contribute to reducing inequities and vulnerability within their local settings. To this end, we propose a framework to respond to these challenges.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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