http://www.healthcarewaste.org/ Last added links en contact@ecodev.ch 600 http://www.jsi.com/JSIInternet/ John Snow International John Snow, Inc., and its nonprofit affiliate JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., are public health research and consulting firms dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. As an organization, JSI is deeply committed to improving the health of individuals and communities worldwide. Its focus is on achieving change in communities and in health systems by working in partnership with government agencies and local nongovernmental and civil society organizations http://www.h2e-online.org/about/overview.htm The H2E effort is to educate healthcare professionals about pollution prevention opportunities in hospitals and healthcare systems. http://etlog-health.de/de/index.html Profession / Vocation : Environmental Service Provider Sectors of Priority : Technology + Management + Logistics for the Health Service Additional Qualification : Marketing for the Health Service http://www.toxicslink.org/art-view.php?id=44 Toxics Link emerged from a need to establish a mechanism for disseminating credible information about toxics in India, and for raising the level of the debate on these issues. The goal was to develop an information exchange and support organisation that would use research and advocacy in strengthening campaigns against toxic pollution, help push industries towards cleaner production, and link groups working on toxics and waste issues. Srishti is an environmental group involved in the issue of medical waste in India. http://www.skat.ch/ The Skat Foundation and Skat Consulting are sister organisations with a common vision - to contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development through professional knowledge sharing and the provision of advisory services in the developing world. Our areas of expertise are: - water supply and environmental sanitation - architecture and settlement management - transport - environmental management - knowledge management http://www.msf.be/fr/ Le département médical vise à améliorer la qualité de nos programmes médicaux sur le terrain au travers de l'appui direct aux missions, de la formation du staff médical MSF et de la recherche opérationnelle dans les programmes spécifiques. Le département est divisé en quatre entités: un centre de documentation, une cellule eau, hygiène et assainissement, 6 responsables médicaux dans les cellules opérationnelles et un groupe d'experts et de consultants dans des domaines spécifiques tels que l'épidémiologie, le Sida, la nutrition, la santé mentale, la santé reproductive, la vaccination, la logistique médicale, la santé publique, l'IEC, l'anesthésie, et la chirurgie. http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/ Contribute to the improvement of health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training in national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through informing policy and practice in these areas http://www.afro.who.int/ Fact sheets, news and press releases as well as policy documents, events can be found on the WHO regional office for Africa website. http://www.paho.org/ Fact sheets, news and press releases as well as policy documents, events can be found on the WHO regional office for the Americas website. http://www.euro.who.int/ Fact sheets, news and press releases as well as policy documents, events can be found on the WHO regional office for Europe website. http://www.whosea.org Fact sheets, news and press releases as well as policy documents, events can be found on the WHO regional office for South-East Asia website. http://www.emro.who.int/index.asp Fact sheets, news and press releases as well as policy documents, events can be found on the WHO regional office for Eatern Mediterranean website. http://www.cdc.gov/ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves. http://www.slrconsulting.co.uk/ SLR Consulting Limited is a major consultancy, with over 100 staff in 7 offices across the UK. SLR has one of the largest teams of waste management experts in Europe. http://www.wpro.who.int/health_topics/waste_management/ Fact sheets, news and press releases as well as policy documents, events can be found on the WHO regional office for the Western Pacific website. http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/ Good starting point to visit the different activities and products as well as the topics dealt with by this department. http://www.injectionsafety.org/ The Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN) is an international coalition of stakeholders who consider that poor injection practices: - are a waste of precious health-care resources; - transmit pathogens on a large scale; - reduce productivity through an unacceptably heavy burden of disease; - can easily be avoided. http://www.who.int/vaccines/ IVB comprises five teams, who work on: 1) Quality Assurance and Safety of Biologicals (QSB); 2) Vaccine Development (VAD); 3) Vaccine Assessment and Monitoring (VAM); 4) Access to Technologies (ATT); 5) Expanding Immunization (EPI). http://www.path.org/index.htm PATH is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to improve health, especially the health of women and children. http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/ The management of solid waste is an essential service for improving the health and well-being of communities. WEDC is concerned with seeking solutions to the serious problems associated with inadequate collection and poor disposal of waste in low- and middle-income countries where indiscriminate dumping of waste is common in creating serious health hazards. http://www.mw-incinerator.info/ This web page provides an introduction to a low cost incinerator (known as the "De Montfort" incinerator) for disposing of hospital waste in remote rural locations. The information outlines the present position of the research and the technology involved. http://www.iswa.org ISWA is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit making association. ISWA's objective is the maximum exchange of information and experience world-wide on all aspects of solid waste management. http://www.noharm.org/ Health Care Without Harm is a collaborative campaign for environmentally responsible health care made up of more than 250 organizations. Our mission is to transform the health care industry so it is no longer a source of environmental harm by eliminating pollution in healthcare practices without compromising safety or care. http://www.ecri.org/ ECRI is a nonprofit health services research agency. Its mission is to improve the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of healthcare. ECRI's focus is healthcare technology, health-care risk and quality management, and healthcare environmental management. It provides information services and technical assistance. http://www.waste.nl/ WASTE is a non-profit organisation for development projects in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. WASTE works for organisations that aim at a sustainable improvement of the living conditions of the urban low-income population and of the urban environment in general. WASTE is active in three fields: - solid waste management and resource recovery; - low-cost sanitation and liquid waste management; - community based environmental improvement. http://www.menv.gouv.qc.ca/matieres/biomedicaux/index.htm This page entitled "la gestion des déchets biomédicaux" provides practical information about how to deal with healthcare waste in Canada. http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/hazwaste.htm Good starting point for documentation dealing with hazardous wastes. [url=http://www.epa.gov/reg5oair/mwi/brochure.htm#why]Click here[/url] to go straight to the page which presents the new regulations controlling emissions from hospital medical infectious waste incinerators. If you want to get the weekly NewsBrief, [url=http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/hqirc/inb.htm]click here[/url]. http://www.basel.int The Basel Convention (BC) is a global agreement, ratified by over 160 member countries to address the problems and challenges posed by hazardous waste. The UNEP Secretariat of the Basel Convention have participated in the elaboration of a number of tools and guidelines on HCWM with WHO since 2001. http://www.pops.int/ The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs).  POPs are chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty tissue of living organisms and are toxic to humans and wildlife.  POPs circulate globally and can cause damage wherever they travel.  In implementing the Convention, Governments will take measures to eliminate or reduce the release of POPs into the environment.