Medical care is vital for our life, health and well-being. But the waste generated from medical
activities can be hazardous, toxic and even lethal because of their high potential for …

A survey of medical waste management (MWM) practices and their implications to health
and environment was carried out in metropolitan Lagos. Lagos is currently the most …

Factors affecting medical waste management in low- level health facilities in Tanzania Page 1
African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Vol. 4(5), pp. 304-318, May 2010 …

A survey was conducted to study the existing medical waste management (MWM) systems in
Tanzanian hospitals during a nationwide health-care waste management-training …

Medicines constitute a key factor in all health care delivery systems and are now said to
contribute highly towards many households' recurrent expenditure. As access to medicines …

Inadequate management of waste generated from injection activities can have a negative
impact on the community and environment. In this paper, a report on immunization wastes …

In this study the medical waste generation rates at Amana and Ligula hospitals were
measured and analyzed. The rate of medical waste generation is high; about 2,250 kg/day …

The main purpose of this paper is to give a view of the hospital waste management and
environmental problem in India. The objective of this study is to analyze the health care …

Pollution of the environment and inappropriate management of medical wastes are major
challenges facing developing countries and this must be tackled with recent technology for …

Background. Unused medicines are those that are expired, discontinued, deteriorated,
and/or not intended for any future use. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of …