[Pharmwaste] Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 182, Issue 1

Wed Sep 29 00:07:56 EDT 2021

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Hello Ed...

I have spent much time in Africa the past decade dealing with waste
management in health care facilities ..including disposal of
pharmaceuticals....in ..Ethiopia..Kenya..Tanzania..Eswatini..Namibia..South
Africa..Guinea..Sierra Leone..Liberia..Zambia....EPR?  EPR is already an
uphill climb in high income countries.  Many of these countries do not even
have basic solid waste management infrastructures ...let alone good systems
to handle more complex waste streams which as the author points out go down
a drain or to a dump...Several countries have pharma waste guidance ...but
it is not well implemented. Supply chain management may help in the
healthcare delivery sector ( hospitals) but consumer use will be a
different beast to tackle.

Regards,

Ed

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> Hi All,
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> I wonder if the author of this op-ed has heard about EPR for
> pharmaceuticals and if EPR would have any chance of becoming law in Uganda?
> If ug.nationmedia passes this on to the author, maybe we will find out.
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> "Inappropriate disposal of pharmaceutical waste in Uganda is a serious
> but often overlooked threat"
> "Majority Ugandans lack knowledge of proper disposal practices of
> pharmaceutical waste, and the consequences of erroneously discarding such
> waste.   Besides, many households do not have access to proper waste
> disposal methods."
> "*The author, Claire Marunga Banura is a pharmacist"*
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> https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/commentary/we-need-proper-pharmaceutical-waste-disposal-3564174
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