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Launch of the World's First Master's Degree in Sustainable Healthcare: Singapore to Help Decarbonize the Healthcare Industry

Published at Feb 01, 2025 10:41 pm
Singapore has announced the launch of the world’s first master's degree in sustainable healthcare and a scholarship program for senior executives. To address the severe threats posed by environmental changes, efforts are being made worldwide towards 'decarbonization', and the healthcare sector is no exception. Recently, Singapore announced the launch of the world’s first master's degree in sustainable healthcare and a scholarship program for senior executives to address the impacts of climate change on the healthcare system.

The Centre for Sustainable Medicine (CoSM) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, launched this program during COP29, aiming to cultivate leaders for a low-carbon healthcare future. The Master's in Sustainable Healthcare is designed for professionals in the healthcare or sustainability fields, focusing on life cycle assessment, low-carbon transition strategies, and ISO14040 standards in climate-smart healthcare. It will be implemented this August at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.

The Sustainable Healthcare Senior Executive Scholarship is targeted at clinical leaders, policymakers, and senior executives, focusing on carbon footprint assessment, institutional change implementation, and customized leadership training. Professor Nick Watts, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Medicine, stated that the future of healthcare lies in balancing patient protection from climate impacts with transforming health systems for sustainable operations.

In fact, climate change severely threatens the balance of natural ecology and has an urgent negative impact on global health. In Southeast Asia, for example, heat-related heart and kidney problems have increased mortality rates by 12.7%. Additionally, the transmission rate of dengue fever has increased by 28% over 50 years. Professor Yong Kew Yuan, Dean of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, pointed out that healthcare generates a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions. These programs can develop the urgently needed capabilities to integrate sustainability into patient care while addressing the environmental footprint. Therefore, the healthcare industry, which accounts for 10% of the global economy, must 

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