The Green Health Movement in Brazil: Evaluation of Opportunities Based on a Bibliometric Study

The last few years have been marked by intense debates about the environmental agenda. Forums all over the world are discussing effective actions that can mitigate the effects of human actions on the environment. What was once destined for the imposed policy of developed countries upon emerging ones is now a global policy. Countries, nations, and the corporate world need to adopt urgent measures to make their activities less impactful before the feared tipping point is reached. In this context, hospitals (public and private) take on a fundamental role. As major consumers of water, generators of waste, and sources of high greenhouse gas emissions, hospital ecosystems must re-evaluate their processes to ensure the efficient use of water and energy resources. Although still a recent action, the Green Health concept has been disseminated globally, contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The present study analyzes the current landscape of Green Health within the Brazilian context, based on a review of scholarly literature. To this end, consultations were made to publications deposited in the period from 2003 to 2025, whose information was processed and used to generate similarity visualization maps. This exploratory study sought to provide a proof of concept by defining a baseline to assess how the term ‘Green Health’ is being appropriated by researchers in Brazil. The results indicate that even though there are some actions in Brazil directed toward Green Health practices, they are modest and lack greater integration, especially regarding research on the topic.