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Chemicals of Concern for the Health Sector

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February 2021

Chemicals are widely used in daily life. They have a unique importance in the health-care sector, where they are used as disinfectants, cleaners, laboratory reagents, sterilants, pesticides, medicines and pharmaceuticals and in medical devices and equipment. The hazards of these chemicals are not well understood by health professionals nor incorporated into procurement decisions.To minimize these hazards, the health sector has been taking steps to promote and implement sustainable healthcare within their institutions and to collaborate externally with suppliers and manufactures

Emerging Policy Issues: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Highly Hazardous Pesticides Pharmaceutical pollutants Chemicals in products

Topics: Sustainable Development Goals

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WHO Chemicals Road Map

On May 30, 2017, the Seventieth World Health Assembly approved the Road map to enhance health

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Commitment platforms and the global agenda for chemicals and waste management

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April 2021

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Problem statementOne of functions of the of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) is to call for appropriate action on emerging policy issues as they arise and to forge consensus on priorities for cooperative action as identified in the paragraph 24 of the Overarching Policy Strategy (OPS). In 2015, the Fourth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-4) initiated the development of the framework for sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020 that is envisaged to be adopted

Topics: Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Management

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Co-Chairs Compile Recommendations on Strategic Approach Ahead of ICCM5

The Co-Chairs of the Intersessional Process considering the Strategic Approach and sound management of chemicals and

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Working Group on a Science-policy Panel on Chemicals and Waste Advances Work

The resumed first meeting of the ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on a Science-Policy Panel for Chemicals

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Talks on Chemicals and Waste Management Instrument to Resume Ahead of ICCM5

While delegates to the resumed fourth meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering the Strategic Approach to

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Safer use of chemicals can help protect biodiversity

From the smallest parasitic bacterium living in the bladder of a primate to the blue whale

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SDG Knowledge Hub’s Top 10 Most Read Stories of 2022

The year 2023 marks the mid-point in SDG implementation. As we take stock of progress, we

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2023: Five Areas to Target Through Resolve, Determination, and Hope

By Elena Kosolapova and Lynn Wagner, SDG Knowledge Hub

As expected, 2022 was a significant year

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GEF Council Approves USD 64.7 Million for First GEF-8 Work Program

The 63rd meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council and the 33rd meeting of the