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A Memorandum of Understanding for the setting up of a National Healthcare Waste Disposal Facility as part of the implementation of the Sustainable Low and non-Chemical Development in SIDS (ISLANDS) project, was signed in presence of the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Kailesh, on Wednesday afternoon in Port-Louis.
The project is being led by the Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
In his address, Health Minister Jagutpal informed that one of th Jagutpal e key components of the project is a feasibility study for the setting up of a centralised treatment facility for the treatment of healthcare wastes and added that the construction of the facility would be subsequently considered based on the recommendations of the feasibility report which would be prepared under the ISLANDS project. He indicated that the Global Environment Facility is providing financing to the tune of 4.05 million US dollars for the project.
Out of the 4.05 million US Dollars grant funding by the Global Environment Facility, 1.39 million US Dollars has been secured for the Ministry of Health, he said. Dr Kailesh Jagutpal underlined that the Ministry is also providing a co-financing to the tune of 925,000 US Dollars towards the project as both in kind and in cash contribution.
