SAICMKEMI SAICM Chemicals Substitution and Management in the Health Care SectorIn an effort to shift attitudes away from the use of hazardous chemicals in the health care sector, Health Care Without Harm’s regional offices in Asia and Latin America started the Chemicals Substitution and Management in the Health Care Sector: A Four-Hospital, Multi-Country Project in the Philippines and Argentina. Initiated in 2012, the activity is being conducted, in part, with support from the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management’s (SAICM) Quick Start Program. The project’s goal is to get the ball rolling on the adoption of national policies and procedures substituting hazardous chemicals in health care. Health Care Without Harm-Asia (HCWH-Asia) and Health Care Without Harm Latin-America (HCWH-LA), is also working with the HCWH global network of experts and partners. The project is being tested in four pilot hospitals in the Philippines and...
