Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health

The Health Sector Master Plan
Implementation Framework to implement
HSMP as a midterm planning document was
endorsed in February 2007 by Resolution 43
of the Ministry of Health. The
Implementation Framework is, therefore the
key instrument providing a 5-year, (2006-2010)
activity framework, which will be used by all
facilities and institutions to develop their
business and annual operational plans. It
unpacks the strategic actions in the HSMP,
extracting and organizing the objectives and
main activities along with their outputs and
indicators. The Implementation Framework
will primarily be used during the planning
cycle. The Implementation Framework will
also play a critical role in providing a sectoral
orientation to the annual planning exercise in
guiding the development of a sectoral
management framework for setting up a solid
waste management action plan and in
building institutional and staff capacity in
planning, management and monitoring. The
Implementation Framework of HSMP
identified strategic action to improve the
management of healthcare waste and disposal
of expired drugs sector wide.
The National Environmental Health Action
Program (NEHAP) was endorsed by the
Government in December 2005. One of the
main objectives of this program is to take
measures to decrease environmental
contamination, maintain ecological balance,
and decrease diseases caused by negative
environmental factors. It focuses on improving
solid and liquid wastes management and
establishing a special facility for the disposal of
healthcare waste in Ulaanbaatar. Table shows
policies and legislation for HCWM in
Mongolia.
CHAPTER 3_COUNTRY ANALYSIS
INTERNATIONAL AND
NATIONAL INITIATIVES
Mongolia has received substantial support
from WHO through its Western Pacific
Regional Office for various issues related to
solid waste management including municipal
and medical wastes. The following activities
were done in Mongolia with WHO technical
support:
National assessment of healthcare waste
management in Mongolia, 2007
Global Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunization-WHO funded project -
National and regional level workshops,
2006
Healthcare waste characterization study in
Ulaanbaatar, 2005
Municipal household waste
characterization study in Ulaanbaatar,
2004
Policies and Legislation Governing
Healthcare Waste in Mongolia
Type of waste Policies/Legislation
Solid waste The National Action Plan on
Improvement of Solid Waste
Management (2002)
Hazardous waste The Regulation on Removal
and Disposal of Hazardous
Waste (2002)
Healthcare waste The Regulation for
Improvement of Healthcare
Waste Management (2003)
Municipal and
Industrial waste
The Law on Municipal and
Industrial Waste (2004)
Chemical waste The Regulation for Chemical
Waste Management
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