We're working with healthcare workers in Gippsland to protect our environment and promote community health
Click here to sign our letter asking EPA Victoria to reduce the health impacts of coal!
We also have a Healthcare for Clean Air Gippsland action group that meets on Zoom fortnightly. To find out times and join our meetings please email [email protected]
Below is a recording of our online Gippsland Air Quality and Health Forum presented on Wed Aug 26th 2020, organised in partnership with Asthma Australia and Lung Foundation Australia
(The Forum also included a breakout session for participants which was removed from this edit)
Challenges
Solutions
What You Can Do
Air pollution in Gippsland is causing harm. Most of the pollution comes from coal-fired power stations which are allowed to emit far more than their equivalents overseas. Click here to find out more
Coal-fired power stations should be required to limit their air pollution in keeping with international best practice to protect health
Click here to read and sign a letter to the Victorian EPA asking them to require coal-fired power stations to limit their air pollution
If you'd like to discuss other ways we might tackle this issue together or if you'd like to meet other health care workers who share your concerns please email us at [email protected]
Climate change may threaten the health of Gippslanders in the future by increasing the risk of potentially deadly bushfires, heatwaves and other extreme weather events. Health care itself accounts for 7% of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions
We need to minimise the carbon footprint of health care and other sectors
Email us at [email protected] to express your interest in an event on sustainable healthcare in Gippsland that we're planning for late 2020 / 2021 (pending interest)
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How does air pollution affect health?
Image credit: Moms for Clean Air Action: https://www.momscleanairforce.org/resources/how-air-pollution-harms-your-body/
Worldwide air pollution is estimated to kill seven million people every year. You can find out more on the World Health Organisation website: https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution
What healthcare workers in the Latrobe Valley think about air pollution and climate change:
See our survey results so far:
As of April 2020 we've handed out 214 surveys to health care workers and received 16 responses (a 7% response rate)
Of the respondents 12 (75%) agreed that air pollution in the Valley is affecting people's health, 2 disagreed and 2 were unsure
9 respondents (56%) thought that climate change is likely to affect the health of people in the Valley in the future, 5 thought this was unlikely and 1 was unsure
Respondents include 5 GPs, 2 practice managers, 1 medical specialist, 1 radiographer, 1 podiatrist, 1 chiropractor and 5 of unspecified occupation
If you're a healthcare worker in the Valley, take the survey yourself:
If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback please email us at [email protected]
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