Health Care Waste Management Guidelines (2023) (English)

14.04.2025
This publication provides comprehensive national guidelines for managing health care waste in Kenya. It outlines the types of healthcare waste, risk categories, legal and policy frameworks, and technical procedures for... Read more »
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English

Costed Road Map of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Healthcare Facilities of I.R. Iran (2023) (English)

14.04.2025
This comprehensive national roadmap presents Iran’s multi-year plan to strengthen WASH services in healthcare facilities. It follows WHO/UNICEF guidance and builds on the 2021 national WASH situational analysis. Developed through... Read more »

Water, sanitation, & hygiene and waste management at primary healthcare centres 2021–2030 road map (2021) (English)

14.04.2025
A costed roadmap by the Indonesian Ministry of Health to strengthen WASH and waste management in primary health care centres (PHCs) from 2021 to 2030. Includes strategies, indicators, financing mechanisms,... Read more »

The Gambia’s National Guidelines for Water, Sanitation And hygiene In Health Care Facilities (2018)

11.04.2025
This document from the Ministry of Health of the Gambia focuses on providing national guidelines for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities, outlining standards and practices to ensure... Read more »

Health Care Waste Management Manual for Ethiopia Second Edition (2021)

11.04.2025
This document focuses on providing guidelines and best practices for healthcare waste management in Ethiopia, aiming to ensure safe handling, disposal, and treatment of healthcare waste in line with national... Read more »
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English

National Guidelines on Health Care Waste Management in Public Health Facilities in the Kingdom of Cambodia (2022)

08.04.2025
This document focuses on establishing standardized procedures and best practices for the management of healthcare waste within public health facilities in Cambodia

Health National Adaptation Plan for Building Climate Resilient Health Systems in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (2023)

02.04.2025
This Health National Adaptation Plan (H-NAP) is Lao PDR’s first comprehensive climate-health strategy. It provides a roadmap for strengthening the resilience of the health system to climate change, focusing on... Read more »

Updated WASH in HCF Resources (2025): Useful resources to support policy & practice

19.03.2025
The WASH in Health Care Facilities Resources Document has been updated to include the latest global guidance, tools and reports. This compilation provides a centralized reference for policymakers, health care... Read more »

Safe management of pharmaceutical waste from health care facilities: global best practices

24.02.2025
The document presents a comprehensive overview of established guidelines for the proper handling of pharmaceutical waste. It utilizes case studies to exemplify effective strategies in managing such waste, with a... Read more »