The development objective of the Emergency Health and Nutrition Project for Yemen is to prevent and/or mitigate the negative effects of medical waste on human health and the environment.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are include : (i) to prevent the spread of infection and reduce the exposure of health workers, patients and the public to the risks from medical waste; (ii) storage and handling errors can cost thousands of dollars in wasted vaccine and revaccination, and create medical waste; (iii) every facility should have detailed written protocols for routine and emergency vaccine storage and handling and they should be updated annually; (iv) health care providers and personnel may be exposed to general infections, blood-borne pathogens, and other potential infectious materials (OPIM) during care and treatment, as well as during collection, handling, treatment, and disposal of health care waste; (v) use safer needle devices and needleless devices to decrease needle stick or other sharps exposures; (vi) waste should be collected daily at the same time (or as frequently as required) and transported to the designated central storage/treatment site; (vii) establish procedures and mechanisms to provide for separate collection of urine, feces, blood, vomits, and other wastes from patients treated with genotoxic drugs. Such wastes are hazardous and should be treated accordingly; (viii) bulk liquids to be transported off-site shall, in addition to the above requirements, be placed in rigid containers; (ix) reuse of equipment following sterilization and disinfection (e.g. sharps containers).
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Moldova’s government has been reforming and modernizing its health care system, which suffers from insufficient funding and outdated equipment.
... See More + To address these problems, the Moldovan Ministry of Health turned to IFC to attract private sector investors through public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector. Its first health PPP transaction will modernize diagnostic imaging and radiology services for public patients at the Republican Hospital in Chisinau, thereby addressing an important gap in existing healthcare services. Magnific, a Moldovan healthcare services provider, won the 12-year concession to renovate, construct, equip and operate a new diagnostic imaging and radiology center. The transaction mobilized $7 million in private sector investment and is expected to benefit over 100,000 people annually. The concession, Moldova’s first PPP, lays the groundwork for further private sector participation in the health sector and other public services. The agreement was signed in November 2011. This project was supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
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