The Lesotho Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) Performance-Based Financing (PBF) Project seeks to improve the utilization and quality of maternal and newborn health services in selected districts in Lesotho. Negative impacts include: solid waste management, waste water disposal, health care waste generation at hospitals and health centre, determination of disposal sites, and community's response. As a result of these impacts the report outlined the mitigation measures that included: the development of a healthcare waste management plan that would stop the theft of plastic bucket type medical bins; maintain hospital grounds in a manner deserving of a health care institution; the introduction of a three-bin system with appropriate color coding for medical staff to separate all hospital waste accordingly; all infectious waste including sharps and used needles must be incinerated before disposal; employ a system of medical wastewater management that ensures that no chemicals and pathogens from health facilities are dumped into the sewage system; and finally develop and implement a training and awareness education plan for health facilities and relevant institution's personnel.
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Document Date
2012/08/01
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Document Type
Environmental Assessment
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Report Number
E4000
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2012/08/22
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Lesotho - Maternal and Newborn Health Performance-Based Financing Project : environmental assessment
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Keywords
information and communication technology;generation rate;access to safe drinking water;net primary school enrolment ratio;convention on biological diversity;employee will re;health care facilities;Environment and Natural Resources;Infection Prevention and Control;Occupational health and safety;health care facility;Maternal and Newborn Health;conservation of biological diversity;delivery of health services;day to day activities;quality of health services;comprehensive monitoring and evaluation;risk tuberculosis infection;annual population growth rate;worker health and safety;infectious waste;health facility;health information system;Health Care Waste;health centre;public hospital;
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Lesotho - Maternal and Newborn Health Performance-Based Financing Project : environmental assessment (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/114091468090301528/Lesotho-Maternal-and-Newborn-Health-Performance-Based-Financing-Project-environmental-assessment