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The current kidney care model-focused on late-stage disease and in-center hemodialysis-is unsustainable, because of costs, environmental burden, poor outcomes, and reduced quality of life.The 78th…
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March 2026
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Vanholder, R., Abdellatif, D., Dos Santos Jr, ACS., Correa-Rotter, R., Gopalakrishnan, N., Wang, B., Roumeliotis, S., Balducci, A., Haris, A., Yadla, M., Hsiao, L.
BMJ News article by Jacqui Wise, with comment from CSH's CEO, Rachel Stancliffe.There is so much evidence now about the relationship between climate change and health. Here is another way in which…
IntroductionThe healthcare sector contributes over 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. As healthcare systems pursue carbon reduction targets, sustainable innovations in clinical operations are…
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November 2025
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Tsai, CL., Fehintola, A., Crooijmans, G., Vollenbroek, J., Duane, B., and Gerritsen, K.
In 2024, Global Burden of Disease (GBD) updated the forecast of global cause-specific age-standardized death rates. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was forecast to increase by over 30% from 2022, while…
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February 2026
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Ortiz, A ., Lees, JS ., Torra, R., Stel, VS., Kramer, A., Mark, PB
Hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, and peritoneal dialysis are among the most resource-intensive medical therapies, owing to their high energy and water consumption, heavy reliance on disposable…
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February 2026
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Barraclough, K., Berman-Parks, N., Jha, V., Piccoli, G., Stigant, C., Talbot, B., Tarrass, F., Cheung, M., King, J., Grams, M., Jadoul, M., Flythe J.
An eye opening meta analysis and review of microplastic leaching from plastic food containers and otherwise. Enters our food, we ingest these plastics and they subsequently enter our water systems and…
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Xiangyu Liu, Detian Li, Ziang Li, Andrew S. Ball, Chengrong Chen
A landmark paper introducing conceptual approaches to marrrying carbon emissions of dermatological treatments with patient clinical outcomes and health economic data. Highlights a means to rank…
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Mythili Ramamurthy Srinivasan, Fatima Ali, Sarika Grover, Yasmin Nikookam, Rosie Vincent, Rachel A Abbott, Alex Gan, Williams Hunt, Vinton Cheng, Misha Rosenbach, Eva Parker, Eugene Tan, David de Berker, Dennis Niebel, Simon Tso
An exploration of the environmental impacts of sip feeds in the care home setting and a call to action to reduce unnecessary use and for manufacturers to take responsibility for packaging waste.
The Sustainable Kidney Care Project, a collaboration between the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) in partnership with the UK Kidney Association and Health Innovation North-East and North…
Article Summary:Priority setting in health care is a research and practice area at the intersection of medicine, ethics, and economics, which aims to systematically and transparently evaluate the…
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December 2025
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Anand Bhopal, Martin Hensher, Andrea J MacNeill, Ole F Norheim, Jodi D Sherman, Craig Mitton
