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The policy brief is intended as a tool to guide establishing regulatory frameworks to ensure the sound management of pharmaceutical solid and liquid waste. The guidance document is for...
Health care waste management manual (4th edition)
April 27, 2020Health care waste management: Coronavirus update
April 22, 2020
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Advice is regularly updated based on the latest knowledge. Please contact global@hcwh.org for the most up to date...
Overview of technologies for the treatment of infectious and sharp waste from health care facilities
September 27, 2019
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The purpose of this document is two-fold. The first is to provide criteria for selecting technologies to facilitate decision making for improved health care waste management in health care...
Climate smart healthcare waste solutions
September 26, 2019
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Presentation given at the 2019 Global Meeting on WASH in health care facilities, held in Livingstone, Zambia (9-11 September 2019). More information can be found at www.noharm.org and...
Unpacking healthcare waste management at rural village health clinics in the Ntcheu District (Malawi)
September 16, 2019
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This case study explores the knowledge and practices of health surveillance assistants operating at rural village health clinics in Ntcheu District, Malawi, with regard to the collection, segregation, transportion,...
Health Care Waste Management Policy for Ghana
September 1, 2019
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This policy is a revision of the health care waste management policy and guidelines of 2006 and seeks to improve HCWM in accordance with existing international conventions through adoption...