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"All healthcare facilities in poorer countries could be electrified using solar
energy within five years for less than $5bn, putting an end to the risk of life
from power outages, experts will argue at Cop28 this month.
“I would like the international community to commit to a deadline and funding
to electrify all healthcare facilities,” said Salvatore Vinci, an adviser on
sustainable energy at the World Health Organization and a member of its Cop28
delegation. “We have solutions now that were not available 10 years ago – there
is no reason why babies should be dying today because there is not electricity
to power their incubators.
“It’s a low-hanging fruit. There is nothing stopping us,” he said.
About 1 billion people around the world do not have access to a healthcare
facility with a stable electricity connection, including 433 million in
low-income countries who rely on facilities with no electricity at all,
according to the WHO’s
Energising Health: Accelerating Electricity Access in
Healthcare Facilities report, which was published in January, and co-authored
by Vinci."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
