Report Of Medical Waste Project

PROJECT FACTSHEET UNDP/PAPP

Improvement of Medical Waste management in Ramallah (Pilot project in Ramallah Governmental Hospital & Municipality of Ramallah Programme Area:

Project Description:

020- Environment

The project aims to contribute to the protection of Public health and

02-10-Environmenal policies,

safeguard the environment through improvement of Medical Waste

planning and Legislation;

Management in Ramallah District. The project will focus on Ramallah

02-30- Environmental

Governmental Hospital and Ramallah Municipality as pilot project to be

Enhancement 7 Management

replicated, hopefully in the future.

Project Number:

including Medical waste regulations and guidelines, Medical Waste

Pal 10:47106

Management System and guidelines for Ramallah Governmental

Pal 50: 47107

Hospital; Medical Waste Management System and guidelines for

Award Number:

Ramallah Municipality; procurement of medical equipment for medical

Pal 10:41346;

waste collection, segregation, treatment and transfer, and development

Pal 50: 41347

of capacity building in medical waste management within the

Duration:

counterparts through training of the relevant personnel of the three

January 2006 – March 2008

partners.

Partner:

Objectives:

EQA

Improve medical waste management in Ramallah District, through

Municipality of Ramallah

focusing as a pilot project, on Ramallah Municipality and Ramallah

Ramallah Governmental

Governmental Hospital.

Hospital/Ministry of Health

Locations:

Budget:

Ramallah District

1,000,000

Products (as of end – May 2006):

Donor:

The project only started this year and the MOU with the three partners

Japan

was signed in May 2006.

Project Contact

Products (as of end of 2007):

Information

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The project will have 6 outputs

Needs Assessment reports & Medical Waste Management

Project Manager: To be

Systems and Manuals developed for both Ramallah Hospital and

appointed in July

Ramallah Municipality;

Name

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and Municipality of Ramallah;

UNDP Programme Manager: Name:Rima Abu Middain

Last updated: June 2006

Procurement of Equipment for Ramallah Governmental Hospital

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Medical Waste regulations, and guidelines are developed

PROJECT FACTSHEET UNDP/PAPP

Outputs: Project Office:

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Medical

Waste

Enforcement

implemented from within the

Governmental Hospital and Ramallah Municipality. Are improved

Email: Website:

Quality

and

Mechanisms

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Environment

systems

The project will be

three institutions;

in

Management

Authority,

Ramallah

Capacity building regarding Medical Waste Management is enhanced in the three institutions;

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75 Civil servants of the three beneficiary institutions are trained in MWM;

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Contribution to public Health protection and enhancement is achieved.

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Contribution to protection and safe guard of the environment is achieved;

Last updated: June 2006