Knowledge Exchange Between China and U.S. to Foster Environmentally Sustainable Health Care
Identifying opportunities to address climate change and improve health
[San Francisco, CA] In a people-to-people exchange, a delegation from the Chinese health sector will meet this week with Health Care Without Harm and several major U.S. health systems to identify strategies to address climate change and foster green, environmentally sustainable, climate-resilient health care in both countries.
Hosted by Health Care Without Harm, the meeting will include the members of Chinese delegation headed by Mr. Yang Hongwei, Deputy Director General of the China National Health Development Research Center, and several members of the U.S. Health Care Climate Council, including Dignity Health, Gundersen Health System, Kaiser Permanente, Partners Healthcare, and Virginia Mason. The visit is supported in part by the U.S. State Department’s People to People Exchange program.
In addition to meeting with the health systems, the Chinese delegation will tour Bay Area hospitals to learn how U.S. health care systems are implementing sustainability strategies while working for better health outcomes.
