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Ignacio Sanchez DiazConsultant to the SPHS and UNDP Regional HHD Team for Greening Health Systems with focus on Sustainable Procurement

Dr. Christoph HamelmannRegional Team Leader (Europe and Central Asia) and Senior Advisor (Arab States), HIV, Health and DevelopmentCoordinator, Secretariat of the UN informal Interagency Task Team on Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (iIATT-SPHS)

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WHO HQ, GENEVA, December 10-11, 2015

Saving Lives Sustainably

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SPHS Task Team is, through a transparent and inclusive engagement process, and by leveraging

its normative and market power, lowering the environmental impact of its procurement, with a final aim of improving human health and well-

being.

INTRO with UNDP LOGO7 UN agencies and 3 multilateral health financing institutions

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Engagement with the key stakeholders from the global health aid market

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SPHS Task Team is, through a transparent and inclusive engagement process, and by leveraging

its normative and market power, lowering the environmental impact of its procurement, with a final aim of improving human health and well-

being. 3,500 institutions/experts . in our global network

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Engagement with the key stakeholders from the global health aid market

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SPHS Task Team is, through a transparent and inclusive engagement process, and by leveraging

its normative and market power, lowering the environmental impact of its procurement, with a final aim of improving human health and well-

being.

Contacts in 92 countries covering all the UN regions

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We aim to enhance the global partnership for sustainable development by promoting public procurement practices that are sustainable.

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CHEMICALS ENERGY MEDICAL PRODUCTS PACKAGING PROCUREMENT

RESOURCE EFFICIENCY

TRANSPORTATION

WASTE MANAGEMENT

WATER

SPHS Environmental Sustainability Focus Areas

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• Guidance and targets to substitute hazardous products purchased by the UN for its health programs

• List of key products based on procurement volume and environmental impact: Antiretrovirals, Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits, Medical devices (syringes, thermometers, gloves, blood pressure measuring device and catheters), TB drugs, male condoms, hormonal implants.

UNDP-HCWH project “Sustainable Procurement Practices in the Global Health Aid Market”

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Funding partners:

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INTRODUCTIONINTRO with UNDP LOGOGuide for procurement practitioners on how to monitor the compliance of healthcare procurement with relevant International Conventions related to environmental safeguarding.

• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

• Minamata Convention on Mercury

• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer

• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

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Ignacio Sanchez DiazConsultant to the SPHS and UNDP Regional HHD Team for Greening Health Systems with focus on Sustainable Procurementignacio.sanchez.diaz@undp.org twitter: @SanchezDIgnacio

Dr. Christoph HamelmannRegional Team Leader (Europe and Central Asia) and Senior Advisor (Arab States), HIV, Health and DevelopmentCoordinator, Secretariat of the UN informal Interagency Task Team on Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (iIATT-SPHS)Email: christoph.hamelmann@undp.org Twitter: @cahamelmann