Determinants of poor biomedical waste management in health facilities in the Kikwit-Sud Health Zone, Democratic Republic of Congo
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The Kikwit-Sud health zone, like many other health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo, faces major challenges in biomedical waste management. Public and private health facilities are often ill-equipped to manage the waste they generate. They face problems such as inadequate collection and storage infrastructures, lack of staff training and awareness-raising, absence of structured management plans, and non-application of national and international directives on biomedical waste management. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to identify the determinants of poor biomedical waste management in state-run health facilities in the Kikwit-sud health zone, using a quantitative, analytical approach based on 263 healthcare providers selected by means of probability sampling. The results of this study revealed that 45.2% of the providers surveyed were aged between 42 and 53, 63.1% were women and 36.9% men. The majority (96.2%) have not yet received training in biomedical waste management.
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