Resources

Presentations made at the webinar on Managing mercury waste from dental amalgam and medical measuring devices, organised by UNEP on 9 December 2024.

Reinforcing the health sector’s commitment to the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: The showcase of GEF-UNEP-WHO projects on mercury-added products

The webinar on mercury-containing medical devices organised on 13 October 2020 by the Products Partnership Area had an attendance of over 100 participants.

What are Mercury-added Products? The Minamata Convention on Mercury defines a mercury-added product as a “product or product component that contains mercury or a mercury compound that was intentionally added.”

Presentation given by Arturo Gavilan Garcia on Survey on Harmonized System Initiative of the Global Mercury Partnership given at the Global Mercury Partnership side event during the Second Conference of Parties (COP2) of the Minamata Convention

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Guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on developing national strategies for phasing out mercury containing products used in the health industry.

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GLOBAL - Health Care Without Harm

Health Care Without Harm developed a script for the video based on the UNDP GEF Global Health Care Waste Project “Guidance Document on the Cleanup, Temporary or Intermediate Storage, and Transport of Mercury Waste from Healthcare Facilities”.

Socio-economic Analysis on Mercury Thermometer and Sphygmomanometer Transition towards Mercury Free Products in China

Hypothetical Transition Scenarios Analysis and Socio-economic Cost Estimation 

This workbook will guide you through a systematic, hospital-wide approach for education, assessment, and improvement of mercury-containing products and the practices related to mercury in your institution. It is based on a model of continuous improvement so that the workbook is appropriate for healthcare institutions at all different levels of experience in their mercury reduction efforts. 

This report provides information from case studies of two firms involved with transitioning from mercury-containing to mercury-free products in the medical technology industry.

Gathered in Manila, Philippines on the occasion of the Asia Regional Conference on Mercury-Free Health Care, more than 100 representatives of ministries of health and environment, health professional organizations, hospitals, and other health sector organizations from ten Asian countries came together to address policy and technical issues regarding the substitution of mercury based medical dev

Brazil - Status update of mercury devices substitution in the Health Sector in Sao Paulo, February 2009 

Administrative Order for the gradual phase-out of mercury in all Philippine health care facilities and institutions.

Report on the progress at replacing mercury equipment in the health sector in Sao Paulo, 2008

At present, there are many types of thermometers and sphygmomanometers in Chinese market. In accordance with principles of production, mercury-free thermometers can be roughly divided into three types which are new type thermometer (digital, electronic thermometer), infrared thermometer and strip thermometer. There are two kinds of mercury-free sphygmomanometer.

The work presented in the report reflects some of the activities and results of the work Brazil has been carrying out in the health sector, with regards to the use of devices using mercury. 

Sweden - Swedish experience using mercury-free blood pressure measurement equipment.

Brief policy paper on mercury in health care

Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICADs) are the latest in a family of publications from the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) — a cooperative programme of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).