Reducing UPOPs and Mercury Releases from the Health Sector in Africa

The proposed Africa Regional Healthcare Waste Project seeks to:<br>
1. Implement best environmental practices and non-incineration and mercury-free technologies to help African<br>
countries meet their Stockholm Convention obligations and to reduce mercury use in healthcare;<br>
2. Ensure the availability and affordability of non-incineration waste treatment technologies in the region,<br>
building on the outcomes of the GEF supported UNDP/WHO/HCWH Global Medical Waste project.

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Completed
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/4611
Countries
United Republic of Tanzania,
Madagascar,
Ghana
Managing organisations
WHO
Health Care Whithout Harm Persisent Organic Pollutants
Implementing organisations
UNDP
Project ID
4611
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 5
GEF Cofinancing
$28.936.164
GEF project grant
$6.453.195
Executing Agencies
WHO, Health Care Whithout Harm Persisent Organic Pollutants