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Advancing environmental health equity
As the world’s largest healthcare company, we have a unique opportunity to look beyond our own operations and support people around the world who are experiencing the impacts of climate change on their physical and mental health.
What we are doing
According to the
World Health Organization, “climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity” and “climate-sensitive health risks are disproportionately felt by the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.” We are working with like-minded partners to advance solutions for climate change and health equity.
Strengthening the resilience of healthcare clinics
We are partnering with
Americares and
The Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE) to bolster climate resilience at clinics that serve people with limited access to care in communities most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Together, through The Climate Health Equity for Community Clinics Program, we will implement and evaluate interventions that improve operational resilience in clinics, as well as health resilience among the people they serve so that when climate impacts occur they will be able to maintain access to quality healthcare. Through this work we will support up to 100 free and charitable clinics and community health centers across the U.S. by 2025.
In 2023, the first 10 pilot clinics got underway and will develop evidence-based action plans to protect vulnerable patients from the health impacts of climate change. These clinics, located in Arizona, Florida and Louisiana, will first focus on the health impacts caused by extreme heat. Examples of interventions could include setting up call centers to share relevant health information during heatwaves and partnering with existing community organizations that conduct home wellness checks to monitor patient safety as temperatures rise or to transport vulnerable patients to cooling centers.
In 2023, the first 10 pilot clinics got underway and will develop evidence-based action plans to protect vulnerable patients from the health impacts of climate change. These clinics, located in Arizona, Florida and Louisiana, will first focus on the health impacts caused by extreme heat. Examples of interventions could include setting up call centers to share relevant health information during heatwaves and partnering with existing community organizations that conduct home wellness checks to monitor patient safety as temperatures rise or to transport vulnerable patients to cooling centers.
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