Not long ago in Nepal, like in many other lower-middle income countries, healthcare waste – from personal protective equipment, such as gloves and gowns, to used swabs and bandages, expired drugs, needles, laboratory reagents and chemicals – was simply dumped behind health facilities, mixed with general waste and sent to landfills, or openly burned.
A simple approach to monitoring water, sanitation and hygiene standards is triggering action
Rapid support for primary health care centers in a time of great confusion
Transforming healthcare waste management for a healthier, more sustainable Nepal
Guided by the concept of ‘planetary health,’ it’s time to get serious about waste management in the health sector
Making life better for girls and women in Nepal – month after month
In many parts of the developing world, sanitary products and hygiene facilities for menstruating women and girls are unavailable or inadequate
Simple, scalable and sustainable school health in the Philippines
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