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Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT AND BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT REPORT November 2013 Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi 110 108 Public Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure Authorized 1 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REPORT Introduction Biomedical Waste Management (BMWM) is a priority for all federal and state health programs within the Indian health system infrastructure. Bio-medical waste refers to all wastes generated from healthcare and health research facilities and associated laboratories. While most of this is communal waste, a small percentage can be deemed infectious and/or hazardous. These include infected sharps and wastes with infectious, hazardous, radioactive, or genotoxic characteristics, which if inadequately treated and managed can have adverse impact on the environment and on public health through air, land and water pollution.

The first phase of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) (1997-2005), with World Bank financing aimed at ensuring the expansion of quality Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) services across the country.

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