http://www.healthcarewaste.org/ Last added case studies en contact@ecodev.ch 600 http://www.healthcarewaste.org/en/1010_albania_who.html As Albania was planning a mass measles/rubella vaccination campaign for November 2000, the World Health Organization carried out a rapid assessment of both injection practices as well as healthcare waste management. http://www.healthcarewaste.org/en/1030_ukraine_who.html As a follow up of the 2002 injection safety assessment and the 2003 introduction of AD syringes in Ukraine, a pilot project was initiated with the objective to design a safe and viable process for disposing AD syringes through a non-burn option. The project was to test a system using: a) needle removing with needle cutter, b) neutralisation by autoclaving, c) containment with safety container and autoclaving bag, d) different methods of transport, e) disposal through shredding and recycling. The costs analysis was also an objective of the pilot project. http://www.healthcarewaste.org/en/1050_georgia_unicef.html Initial assessment and elaboration of a waste management plan for NIP outlining program management, capacity building, IEC and M&E components, and description of proposed waste management technologies for the national program. http://www.healthcarewaste.org/en/http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/a87736_eng.pdf The Moldovan Health Authorities have recently made a real effort to standardize the Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) procedures and reinforce legislation with the edition in 2002 of a new regulation for medical waste management. An assessment carried out in 2004 shows that HCWM practices are still unsafe and should be more in accordance with the international procedures recommended by the World Health Organization.