Making good things happenIn almost a decade, Health Care Without Harm - Asia has caused a major shift in the attitudes of health institutions, workers, manufacturers, and the government towards the use of mercury in medical instruments and the shift from burning of medical waste to the promotion of non-burn treatment technologies. Our successes include:Securing national policies to phase out mercury-based medical devicesThe organization held dialogues with local government units and encouraged hospitals and health care centers to switch to safer alternatives. We also collaborated on an administrative order mandating the gradual phasing-out of mercury-containing devices from all Philippine hospitals by 2010. The Philippines was the first Southeast Asian - and the first developing - country to have a national legislation on mercury phase-out.Preventing the usage of medical waste incinerators and promoting safer waste management The Philippines is also the first country to...
