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Medical Waste Disposal Practices and Their Health Consequences in Resource-Limited Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2025-09-15

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<h4>Background: </h4> Safe handling of healthcare waste (HCW) is essential for both the environment and public health. Due to the expansion of healthcare services, medical waste generation is rising in resource-limited settings (RLS); however, there are frequently insufficient or nonexistent systems in place for its safe disposal. The present evidence on medical waste disposal practices in RLS is compiled in this...

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Literature Corpus work: b1cd9f42-8b5d-5228-8995-e83341c27ea2
DOI: 10.22541/au.175796395.53969557/v1

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