Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

An uncomfortable truth: healthcare is both a protector of health and a contributor to one of its greatest threats

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Lucy Bray, PhD Candidate and Public Health Registrar, University of Southern Denmark
Søren T. Skou, Professor in the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark

When we think about the causes of climate change, the usual suspects often come to mind: coal-fired power plants, traffic-choked roads, industrial agriculture. Rarely do we picture hospitals.

Yet if global healthcare were a country, it would be one of the world’s top five greenhouse gas emitters. With healthcare responsible for about 5% of…

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