Inadequate last-mile pharmaceutical waste management is a neglected threat to environmental and public health: a call to action
SUMMARY BOX Last-mile pharmaceutical waste is generated at the level of the community, healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical outlets and markets, and animal husbandry.
Authors
- Maya Ronse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7182-6940)
- Saleh Aljadeeah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4035-4121)
- Lauren Jonkman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0227-9650)
- Hazel Bradley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6384-9912)
- Jennie Lates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0272-0138)
- Vulika Nangombe
- Koen Peeters Grietens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6570-9887)
- Raffaella Ravinetto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7765-2443)
- Anne Hauner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8154-3386)
- Joos Van den Noortgate
- Renier Coetzee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8779-3458)
- Belen Tarrafeta
Institutions
- University of Namibia (NA)
- Médecins Sans Frontières (BE)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019544
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.51