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Yemen improperly disposes 57 tons of medical waste each day
- Yemen: Sunday, February 10 - 2008 at 10:31
Yemen disposes 57 tons of bio-hazardous waste each day, but like most other developing countries, little attention is paid to medical and healthcare waste management, reported Yemen Times. Yemen has no medical waste management system in place and its current practices can lead to the transmitting of infectious diseases such as Hepatitis B and C, or even HIV, according to the Ministry of Health and Population and the World Health Organization (WHO). The risk of infecting medical staff and garbage collectors is even greater than the risk of infecting the public. Instead of dumping the waste in a proper landfill, Yemen burns the waste in an open landfill in Al-Azraqeen, in Sana'a.
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Amena Bakr, Senior ReporterSunday, February 10 - 2008 at 10:31 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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