Climate Change Data

Health Network Collective

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2024)

Reporting Period: 2024

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Health Equity
  • Community Engagement
  • Technology for Good

Social Achievements

  • Increased POCT rates by 250% over three months through informal kaiawhina training trials.
  • Developed a micro-credential course to formalize training for community-based HCV testing.

Governance Achievements

  • Developed a systemized framework for community-based HCV testing, incorporating ethical and legal considerations.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Contribute to research on the efficacy of test-to-treat outcomes and provide a sustainable mechanism for epidemiological data collation.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Develop and deploy a systemized framework for facilitating HCV care navigation by non-regulated workforce.
  • Develop and deploy a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for qualification and test-to-treat.
Short-term Goals:
  • Formalize relationships with national PWID charitable entities for ongoing research trials.

Environmental Challenges

  • Difficulty in reaching and testing people who inject drugs (PWID) due to stigma and lack of trust in healthcare systems.
  • Limited access to healthcare and essential health services for a significant portion of the global population.
  • Lack of formal recognition and support for informally qualified community testers.
  • Hesitancy from some Aotearoa subject matter experts due to perceived professional reputational risk.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Leveraging the peer workforce of those with lived experience of injecting drugs.
  • Developing a decentralized community-based testing model.
  • Creating a micro-credential to formalize training and recognition of community testers.
  • Building strong stakeholder relationships and addressing concerns through engagement and education.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Use of WHO-prequalified HCV testing kits

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

The project aims to improve access to healthcare and contribute to the elimination of Hepatitis C as a public health threat.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Micro-credential course
  • Systemized framework for community-based testing