Under the Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project, WHO will be one of the grant recipients and the managing and implementing entity, where the organization is responsible for the respective activities based on the project design and the implementation experience under the Emergency Health and Nutrition Project (EHNP) and Yemen COVID-19 Response Project (YCRP). [...] For the purpose of improving the overall condition of medical waste management and under the ongoing EHNP and YCRP, WHO is currently finalizing the installation arrangements of Waste Treatment Units including waste incinerators to properly dispose the generated hazardous waste within 50 supported healthcare facilities. [...] It is not expected that all of these measures are applicable and realistic within the context of Yemen, however the project’s responsibility to identify the risks and most practical mitigation measures as applicable in the operating environment to mitigate the medical waste management risks that are inherent in the activities supported through the project. [...] WHO will coordinate with this directorate to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of this plan and further to ensure medical waste management sustainability beyond the scope and duration of the YEHCP. [...] Medical Waste Management Plan 5.2 Operation Requirements for Established Waste Treatment Units under the Project The Project might support the establishment of waste treatment units within the supported facilities in which the operation of those units and incinerators is fatal and needs to follow the applicable guidelines to avoid any adverse impacts on the communities and environment resulted fro
Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2021/09/20
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Hazardous/non-Hazardous Waste Management Plan Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project (P176570)
- Originating Unit
- OPS2ATTACH
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- RY-Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project -- P176570,P176570
- Unit Owning
- EFI-MNA-GOV-FM & PS
- Volume No
- 1