The Purpose of Healthcare, An Essay by President and Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm

https://noharm-uscanada.org/articles/blog/us-canada/purpose-healthcare

http://skollworldforum.org/2014/03/24/purpose-healthcare
 Gary Cohen has been a pioneer in the environmental health movement for thirty years. Cohen is Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth. He was also instrumental in bringing together the NGOs and hospital systems that formed the Healthier Hospitals Initiative. All three were created to transform the health care sector to be environmentally sustainable and serve as anchor institutions to support environmental health in their communities.

Cohen was Executive Director of the Environmental Health Fund for many years. He has helped build coalitions and networks globally to address the environmental health impacts related to toxic chemical exposure and climate change. 

Cohen is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, India, which has been working for over 25 years to heal people affected by the Bhopal gas tragedy and to fight for environmental cleanup in Bhopal. He is also on the Boards of the American Sustainable Business Council, Health Leads and Coming Clean.

In 2013, the White House awarded Cohen with the Champion of Change Award for Climate Change and Public Health. The Huffington Post named Cohen a Game Changer in Healthy Living and he is also an Ashoka Fellow. 

Cohen has also received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the Frank Hatch Award for enlightened public service, and an Environmental Merit Award from the New England Office of the EPA in recognition of exceptional work and commitment to the environment.