UTILISATION D’UNE APPROCHE SANS INCINÉRATION POUR LA GESTION DES DÉCHETS CONTAMINÉS (OBJETS POINTUS ET TRANCHANTS) GÉNÉRÉS PAR LA VACCINATION CONTRE LA COVID-19 DANS LA VALLÉE DE KATMANDOU

UTILISATION D’UNE APPROCHE SANS INCINÉRATION POUR LA GESTION DES DÉCHETS CONTAMINÉS (OBJETS POINTUS ET TRANCHANTS) GÉNÉRÉS PAR LA VACCINATION CONTRE LA COVID-19 DANS LA VALLÉE DE KATMANDOU

This case study from Nepal describes a pilot study carried out to collect and transport large quantities of vaccine waste from COVID-19 vaccination sites in the Kathmandu valley to secure storage and eventually to a designated health facility...

Safe Management of Waste generated during the evacuation of 175 Nepalese students from Wuhan, China during the COVID-19 pandemic

SAFE MANAGEMENT OF THE HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATED AND STORED AS RESIDUAL WASTE IN THE VACCINE CENTERS OF KATHMANDU VALLEY DURING COVID-19 VACCINATION CAMPAIGN

Activities conducted for collection and disposal of sharp waste in Kathmandu valley

Preventing vaccine freezing is one of the biggest challenges in vaccine management. Until 2018, vaccine carriers used in the immunization program lacked features to prevent vaccine freezing. Freeze-preventive vaccine carriers (FPVCs) have an...

How the Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) assessment tool was used to improve immunization supply chains in Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria and Syria

With this commentary, we discuss experiences from Nepal, Senegal and Liberia in addressing COVID-related disruptions of RI services in early-2020 to mid-2020. We represent a range of stakeholders brought together through the EGH partnership, an...