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Universal Health Coverage and Key Health Policy Lessons from COVID-19 Response

20 April 2020
This presentation examines key policy lessons from the Republic of Korea's experience on the COVID-19 response, which it hopes to share to LMICs. Governance plays a key role in the health policy response to a pandemic, including trust, transparency and communication. Health financing…

Strategies to Respond to COVID-19 in the Republic of South Korea

20 April 2020
The approach taken by the Republic of Korea to the COVID-19 outbreak has been characterized as “trace, test, and treat” policy. Intensive contact tracing methods have been developed during the MERS outbreak in 2015. Contacts with a COVID-19 case are quarantined and tested for diagnosis. High…

Public Health Engineering in Precarious Situations

7 April 2020
Manual intended for the setting up of public health programmes in disadvantaged areas, particularly in refugee and displaced persons camps, and in health structures.

Guide on Management and Technical on Emergency Treatment and Disposal of Medical Waste Caused by COVID-19 (Trial)

7 April 2020
Technical guidance from the Government of the People's Republic of China on the management and treatment of COVID-19 derived medical waste in medical facilities and local government units.

Ecosteryl

6 April 2020
Provider of small- and medium-scale microwave/grinding technology from Belgium for the treatment of infectious medical waste. With existing presence and track record of supplier and operations in Central and Southeast Asia. Visit their website to learn more or contact them by email.

Interim Guidance: Global surveillance for COVID-19 caused by human infection with COVID-19 virus

6 April 2020
This document summarises current WHO guidance on global surveillance for COVID-19 in humans, caused by infection with COVID-19 virus.

Waste Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic

6 April 2020
These recommendations were created to help guide waste management practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is built upon the recommendations made by ISWA to the European Commission as a response to their request for input.

How to Dispose of Healthcare Waste in Landfills

6 April 2020
This presentation explains how to dispose of healthcare waste safely in landfills during the COVID-19 crisis and highlights the importance of sanitary landfills as final sinks especially for the Global South.

COVID-19 and Hazardous Waste Management

6 April 2020
In this video, Nicolas Humez, Chair of the ISWA Working Group on Hazardous Waste and Director of Public Affairs for SARP Industries gives an update on the COVID-19 waste situation in France, as well as general advice on how to deal with Hazardous Waste during this difficult time.

Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Biomedical and Health Care Wastes (Y1; Y3)

6 April 2020
These guidelines provide information for the proper treatment of wastes from healthcare establishments (public and private).