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TitleInternational Meeting on Health-Care Waste, Geneva, Switzerland, June 20-22, 2007 MEETING REPORT    Download "http://healthcarewaste.org/documents/HCWM_meeting_report_2007.pdf"
SummaryAn international meeting on health-care waste was held in Geneva on June 20-22, 2007. The meeting was attended by 53 participants from about two dozen countries representing 33 organizations concerned with health-care waste management (HCWM). The specific objectives of the meeting were: to explore areas of collaboration between the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) and key international partners on HCWM; to agree on a plan to update the WHO reference document on health-care wastes; to review the latest developments in projects related to HCWM; and to obtain agreement on core principles regarding funding of HCWM.
AuthorWHO / Dr Jorge Emmanuel
Year2007
Nb pages68
Languageenglish
EditorWHO
Type of documentreport
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