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Fortune favours the prepared: Fixing the COVID-19 waste problem to build back better and tackle climate change

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WHO

Publication Date
2022-02-01

COVID-19 showed that the world was unprepared to cope with a surge in medical waste — but it also presents an opportunity to fix a problem that has huge implications for mitigating climate change, fighting pollution, and creating resilient health systems.

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https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/fortune-favours-the-prepared-fixing-the-covid-19-waste-problem-to-build-back-better-and-tackle-climate-change