Overall project value

Developing and improving national, regional and local healthcare waste management systems to reach sustainable and environmental compliance systems.

Developing knowledge, skills and awareness on healthcare waste management handling for health officials and healthcare staff as well as building Ministry of Environment capacity.

Project description

In this project, m4eco is providing technical support to Chemonics’ in country stakeholders, including host-country ministries of health, private sector partners, in-country donors agencies and clients, and other key stakeholders such as Ministries of Health, Ministries of Environment, facilities and others.

M4eco also focuses on healthcare waste management but also on broader aspects such as reverse logistics, supply-chain management to promote environmentally friendly systems and circular economy.

Scope of work

• Development of waste management guidelines and approaches
• Development of policies and procedures and SOPs for the implementation of necessary equipment required to meet waste policy standards
• Conduct situational and/or gap analysis for non-hazardous and hazardous health care waste
• Conduct audits of incinerator or other waste management technologies and disposal facilities for non-hazardous and hazardous health care waste
• Provide technical guidance and backstop support during non-hazardous and hazardous health care waste collection, segregation, and/or inventory in preparation for transport to facility for treatment and disposal
• Develop guidance documentation and standard operating procedures on the proper management of non-hazardous and hazardous health care waste including proper handling of waste prior, during, and after the containerization process prior to off-site transport
• Design environmental compliant waste treatment technology specifications and/or contract documents for non-hazardous and hazardous waste
• Develop quick guides and reference materials on non-hazardous and hazardous waste
• Create monitoring and evaluation/auditing tools on the proper management of non-hazardous and hazardous waste
• Develop training modules, curricula, and programs on non-hazardous and hazardous waste
• Conduct trainings on proper management of non-hazardous and hazardous waste

Results

M4eco has now helped different stakeholders in several sub-Saharan African countries to develop guidelines, SOPs, gap analysis and costing tools to assist in future implementation of sustainable waste management systems.

Outstanding characteristics

• Costing tools for development of costing plans for waste system implementation and capacity building plans
• Training of health officials and healthcare facility staff (Training of Trainers)
• Nation-wide HCWM systems plans