title: [Promoting the sustainable management of hospital waste in Kinshasa].
abstract: The management of hospital waste is a high-risk practice in the hospitals of Kinshasa, the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from the point of view of public health and the environment. A multi-criteria study carried out in 4 hospitals assessed the situation and put forward solutions.
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences, ULB, boulevard du Triomphe, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgique. Electronic address: kellybaba@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Wanduma
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kasuku
authors.affiliation: ULB, école de santé publique, campus Érasme, route de Lennik 808, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouland
authors.affiliation: ULB, école de santé publique, campus Érasme, route de Lennik 808, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Brouwer
authors.affiliation: Solvay Brussels Schools of Economics and Management, center Berheim, ULB, A. F. Roosevelt 50, CP.114/03 Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mareschal
authors.affiliation: Université de Kinshasa, faculté des sciences, BP 190 Kinshasa XI, RDC.
authors.forename: Crispin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mulaji
mesh_terms: D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D006761:Hospitals; D018505:Waste Management / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Congo; déchets hospitaliers; gestion; hospital waste; incineration; incinération; management; pollution