First Board Meeting on project to address unprecedented rise in health care waste management in Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives held

The first high level Board of 'Improvement of Infectious Waste Management in Southwest Asia' programme supported by the Government of Japan was held today in Bangkok, Thailand.

This flagship regional initiative seeks to support national governments, health agencies and stakeholders in three countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, and the Maldives) of Southwest Asia by deploying much needed healthcare waste management practices and technologies in several regions of each country.

It also seeks to improve the capacity of healthcare institutions (i) to address both infectious and non-infectious healthcare waste, (ii) to protect human health, and (iii) to minimize the environmental and social impacts. This project will benefit healthcare workers, including staff and patients, healthcare waste management personnel, with key metrics to address equitable access to health service of women.