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    • Associate Professor Forbes McGain

    Associate Dean, Healthcare Sustainability, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne; Intensive Care Specialist and Anaesthetist, Western Health

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    Health & Medicine

    Daily decisions can reduce the carbon footprint of our health sector

    The Healthcare Carbon Lab aims to reduce carbon emissions in our health sector by measuring carbon-emitting procedures and products, while still delivering quality care

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    Health & Medicine

    Healthcare has a waste problem, but we can achieve net zero

    Climate change is the biggest health issue facing the planet. Healthcare professionals deal with the outcomes, but can also be part of the solution

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    Sciences & Technology

    Engineering COVID-19 protection

    A collaboration between multi-disciplinary experts has engineered a “ventilation hood” designed to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19. And it could go global

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