Inadequate last-mile pharmaceutical waste management is a neglected threat to environmental and public health: a call to action
Raffaella Ravinetto, Jennie Lates, Lauren Jonkman, Vulika Nangombe, Anne Hauner, Renier Coetzee, Belen Tarrafeta, Hazel Bradley, Maya Ronse, Koen Peeters Grietens, Joos Van den Noortgate, Saleh Aljadeeah
Abstract
SUMMARY BOX Last-mile pharmaceutical waste is generated at the level of the community, healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical outlets and markets, and animal husbandry.
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