Global Project Kick-off Meeting: Meeting Report - GEF ID 19036: GEF Phasing Down Dental Amalgam Project

The Global Project Kick-off meeting was held on 28 of April 2023 at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, to formally launch the GEF7 Phasing Down Dental Amalgam project. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project ‘Accelerate implementation of dental amalgam provisions and strengthen country capacities in the environmental sound management of associated wastes under the Minamata Convention’ (GEF 7 Phasing Down Dental Amalgam Project) is implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and executed by the World Health Organization (WHO) with targeted technical input from the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership.