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Kidney X Sustainability Prize - up to $7.25 million prizes for innovations to reduce water and power use in dialysis

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21 Oct 2024
by
Lucy Brown
KidneyX Sustainability Prize - KidneyX The Opportunity The sustainability challenges in the treatment of kidney diseases present an opportunity for innovation and collaboration in treatment…
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Sustainable Respiratory Care Sharing Hour - Digital interventions to decarbonise asthma care

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19 Oct 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
We're back with our next 'sharing hour' on Tues 12thNov, 12-1pm. You can book your (free!) place here:https://buytickets.at/centreforsustainablehealthcareltd/1437109 We'll hear from Lynn Elsey,…
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Animal agriculture, air pollution & respiratory health

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17 Oct 2024
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Laura-Jane Smith
Did you know that raising animals for food produces large volumes of air pollution? The government's own reports state that "Methane and non-methane volatile organic compounds (VOC) are emitted by…
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'carbon' savings of recycling dialysis canisters?

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3 Oct 2024
by
Eleanor Murray
Before we start a time consuming carbon footprinting / LCA exercise, can anyone point me in the direction of any data around the carbon footprint of dialysis canisters, and carbon savings of recycling…
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Call for group members: Task and Finish Group: BTS Sustainability Toolkit for Respiratory Professionals

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26 Sep 2024
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Jennifer Nixon
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) is calling for applicants to join a task and finish group to develop a BTS Sustainability Toolkit for Respiratory Professionals. Following the publication of…
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Environmental Checklist for Renal Centres from EDTNA/ERCA

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23 Sep 2024
by
Lucy Brown
Renal replacement therapy has a significant impact on the environment as various natural recourses are consumed, hazardous waste is generated and chemical substances are being used. To address this…
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RCPCH webinar: Upskilling child health professionals to talk about air pollution

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28 Aug 2024
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Emily Parker
Air pollution is the second leading risk factor for death in children under the age of five. In 2017-19, an estimated 7% ofpaediatricasthma admissions in London were linked to spikes in air pollution.…
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World Congress of Nephrology - Call for Abstracts

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12 Aug 2024
by
Lucy Brown
Important dates: Submissions and deadlines Abstract submission opens: June 24, 2024 Submission deadline: September 4, 2024 Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2024 Unlock Your Path to…
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The history of health democracy in nephrology and the mobilization of kidney patients closely linked to the emergence of treatments that allowed their survival

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22 Jul 2024
by
James Warham
https://www.cairn.info/revue-les-tribunes-de-la-sante-2024-2-page-77.htm?tap=oxxfvazdl9qkq&wt.mc_id=crn-tap-a-657217 If you use Safari the built in translator should work Otherwise google…
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"Simple changes to make the air cleaner" blog and Clean Air Calculator

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12 Jul 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
A recent UKHACC bulletin signposted to this blog, and associated clean air calculator. I thought they might be useful to network members, both as individuals, and to sign-post patients and colleagues…