Planetary Health
As a health-care organization, we are mindful of the link between a healthy environment and a healthy population, and the important role we can play in both reducing our collective environmental footprint and ensuring our ability to respond to current and future environmental threats.
Current areas of focus:
- Build relationships and leverage the programs, policies and resources already developed provincially, nationally and internationally
- Increase awareness across the network of available resources and tools
- Support educational opportunities and knowledge translation
- Work towards the integration of green nephrology champions and strategies across the network
- Seek opportunities to integrate green strategies into provincial contract procurement and management
- Optimize kidney care strategies that promote environmental sustainability (early identification of disease/preventing disease progression, virtual care, pharmaceutical approaches, etc.)
BC Renal is a member of the Green Care Network.
Planetary Health is a foundational principle of BC Renal’s 2023-2028 strategic plan, supported by BC Renal’s Medical Lead in Planetary Health. A unique position within the provincial network, the Medical Lead works with BC Renal’s committees and the health authority renal programs to embed planetary health principles and practices, and advance low-carbon, high-quality health care.
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