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Assessment of Medical Waste Management in Health Centers of Maroua-Cameroon
: Medical waste unlike other ordinary waste does not only poses serious health risk to the handlers, health staff andpatients but also to the environment. Waste management in general and particularly medical waste from health carefacilities is highly neglected in developing countries due to lack of trained personnel and lack of funds to adopt appropriate waste management technologies. In Cameroon, there is very little data available on the management of medical waste. This motivated this paper whose objective was to assess the medical waste managementpractices in health centers (public and private) in Maroua . The study used structured questionnaires, observation checklist and key informant interview guide to collect data fromall health personnel in health centers, local councils and decentralized government services in charge of hospitals and waste management respectively. It was observed that the number of health centers authorized by government is less than those actually operating in the field. Also managers of most health centers have designated some of their personnel or created commissions to manage waste. But nearly all of them have very little knowledge on medical waste management procedures as they are mainly trained by managers of their structures rather than experts. Generally medical waste management practices such as sorting, segregation, collection; treatment and disposal were very rudimentary and obeyed no standard rules.