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Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, Singapore, 2017

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17 Mar 2017
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Manfred Moerchen
Dear all, In addition to David's post I attached here the poster "Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: Environmentally sustainable practices at an eye hospital in Cambodia" that had…
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Indoor air pollution expertise required

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9 Mar 2017
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The National Institute for Health and CareExcellence (NICE)is looking to recruit experts on indoor air pollution to join their Public Health committee and develop a guideline on indoor air…
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'Environmental sustainability' in a rural eye hospital in Cambodia - strengthening practices.

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3 Feb 2017
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David Lewis
Warm greetings to all. Please note that this article is posted together with my colleague Dr Manfred Moerchen, who is also part of the network. CBM is an international NGO working to improve the…
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Green Ward Competition at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

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2 Feb 2017
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Dartford and Gravesham's second Green Ward Competition will be launched on NHS Sustainability Day. With the support of CSH clinical staff, teams will develop their own approaches to resource efficient…
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National health organisations make their commitments to sustainable development

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30 Jan 2017
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Ingeborg Steinbach
The Department of Health and eight major health organisations have stated their organisational commitments to deliver a socially and environmentally sustainable health and care system. The…
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Words of advice for President Trump

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23 Jan 2017
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Frances Mortimer
Bravo to Nick Hopkinson and co-authors of this letter on "Climate Change and Lung Health: the challenge for a new president" published in Thorax last…
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Carbon footprint of GSK inhalers

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11 Jan 2017
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Alexander Wilkinson
This isn't widely available but GSK have given it to me so I'm sharing it. It shows the carbon-trust-certified carbon footprint of their inhalers. Headline figures are: 30 days of seretide 250…
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Choosing Wisely

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8 Nov 2016
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On the 24th October 2016 the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges brought out a report called Choosing Wisely . It was inspired by a world-wide initiative to encourage greater communication between…
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Air quality ruling

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3 Nov 2016
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This week the High Court found the government's action on air quality to be inadequate. In the second successful case against the government in two years brought by the legal charity Client Earth, the…