Desk Study on Waste Management Practices and Trade Flow of Dental Amalgam and its Alternatives in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorGlobal Mercury Partnership
dc.contributor.organizationIndustry and Economy Division
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-14T05:36:08Z
dc.date.available2016-12-14T05:36:08Z
dc.date.issued2012-12
dc.descriptionThis desk study was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Oral Health Program in collaboration with the respective Ministries of Health and the Ministry of Environment and in line with global initiatives to reduce mercury pollution. It is a component of the East Africa Dental Amalgam Project (EADAP) whose aim to explore essential conditions for a phase down in the use of dental amalgam and its alternatives. The study aimed at obtaining data and information on dental amalgam trade flows and current dentists’ practices in handling and waste management of dental amalgam and its alternatives in three East African countries- Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
dc.description.urihttps://www.unep.org/chemicalsandwaste/Portals/9/Mercury/Products/Bangladesh/Glimpses%20of%20Hg%20report%20.pdf
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/12265
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectamalgam
dc.titleDesk Study on Waste Management Practices and Trade Flow of Dental Amalgam and its Alternatives in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
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