Health care waste management (HCWM) and infection prevention and control (IPC) represent serious concerns for HIV programs. Improperly handled infectious health care waste poses risks to health workers, their clients, the community, and the environment. Improper injection practices can lead to new H...IV and other infections for health workers and clients. Beginning in 2015, AIDSFree continued the work started by the Government of Nigeria and USAID in 2004 to strengthen activities in IPC and HCWM. This report describes AIDSFree's results over 15 months of implementation of HCWM and IPC activities in seven Nigerian states prioritized by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
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This document provides an overview of the issues and challenges surrounding medical device donations, and offers considerations and best practices that may be useful for making and soliciting donations. The document highlights the importance of an active participatory role for the intended recipient...s of medical equipment donations and emphasizes the importance of treating donations with the same rigour typically applied when purchasing medical equipment.
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Recommendations and Reports: Evidence For Action Briefing Paper Issue 06, December 2010
Briefing Paper, December 2010, Issue 06
A Handbook for country programmes
DHS Working Papers No. 125
Unofficial Translation
Approved by the Federal Government on October 20, 2016
Summary Report
Accessed: 19.10.2019
Editorial Review
AIDS 2019, 33:1411–1420
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183180 October 9, 2017
PLoS One. 2012; 7(4): e29656.
Published online 2012 Apr 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029656