title: Health Impact Assessment and Evaluation of a Clinical Waste Management Policy for Cameroon.
abstract: Health impact assessment (HIA) was carried out to evaluate development of a clinical waste management policy for Cameroon. Fifteen stakeholders of different portfolios within the health sector were selected during a HIA initiating study trip to the Northwest region of Cameroon. Questionnaires were then developed and emailed to the stakeholders. The stakeholders identified cross-contamination, environmental pollution, physical injuries and poor waste management sites as potential risk factors that can be associated with poor clinical waste management. They recommended strong economic and political capital as a prerequisite for the development and implementation of a successful clinical waste policy. Local impacts on health, according to the stakeholders, should be prioritized in deciding any treatment and disposal option. The whole HIA process run through 2008-2010.
authors.affiliation: Unit for Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark , Esbjerg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gulis
authors.affiliation: Unit for Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark , Esbjerg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Peter Ikome Kuwoh
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Mochungong
keywords: Cameroon; clinical waste; disposal; health impacts; policy; stakeholders