Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health

More importantly, no report, comprehensively addressing
HCW at a regional level, covering 12 countries, especially, is
available. This report is highly expected to be a valuable
resource for the entire region, which provides evidence-based
recommendations, good and bad experiences from other
countries of similar economical status. It is ambitiously looked
upon of being a good start in providing the impetus to improve
the existing condition and aid in planning appropriate and
uniform management system, introduce technology and
capacity building for better healthcare waste management.
On behalf of our team, I take this opportunity to
thank the Ministry of the Environment, Japan for
generously supporting this project and providing
necessary monetary support and mobilizing
information resources. Without their cooperation
this study would not have been conceptualized and
completed. We would like to extend our deep
gratitude to ADB and TWGSHW for their
unrelenting support for this project. Our deep
gratitude is extended to all the representatives of the
TWGSHW member countries for providing their
thoughtful insights and critical information for the
preparation of this report. We express our
gratefulness to UNEP Regional Resource Centre for
Asia and the Pacific, for diligently coordinating the
data collection with TWGSHW and its member
countries. Finally, we wish to express our warm and
sincere thanks to all agencies and organizations, who
have substantially contributed and individuals who
have directly or indirectly contributed in many ways
to the development of this report.
C. Visvanathan
Professor and Principal Investigator
School of Environment, Resources and Development,
Asian Institute of Technology
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