Air Pollution

PRESS RELEASE | Air Pollution Kills 120,000 Filipinos Every Year -- Health Care Sector Alarmed, Express Commitment to Help DENR & DOH

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June 5, 2018

“In the Philippines alone, air pollution is causing about 120,000 deaths every year.”Said Engr. Bonifacio Magtibay of WHO Philippines. And as stated by the recently published WHO Study on Air Pollution, 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air and 1 in 9 dies from this invisible killer.

HEALTHY ENERGY INITIATIVE | Radio Guesting on Air Pollution

 

Paeng Lopez, Healthy Energy Initiative Campaigner talked about Air Pollution, the plans of installing Air Quality monitors in hospitals, health of our planet and other advocacies and programs of Health Care Without Harm that work towards a more sustainable environment and greener healthcare. 

Do no harm: Keep the Clean Power Plan

Repealing and replacing the Clean Power Plan is costly and disproportionately dangerous to the most vulnerable Americans. Scott Pruitt and the EPA can protect our health and our children's future by keeping it in place.

Image Gallery | Unmask My City

2 May 2017 - Launching today on World Asthma Day, Unmask My City, a global initiative in 10 cities on five continents, aims to promote practical solutions and create tangible city level policy changes that drive a clear, downward global trend in urban air pollution by 2030.

Health Sector Leaders Call for Immediate Action to Improve Air Quality | Joint Statement

  • Document Type: PDF
  • Language: English

On February 2017, representatives of more than 5000 healthcare institutions and healthcare professionals that form the Health and Environment Leadership Platform (HELP) released a joint statement today calling for concerted action to reduce air pollution in India.

The Health and Environment Leadership Platform was also formally launched today by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) in partnership with Health Care Without Harm (HCWH). 

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