The World Bank pioneered global HIV and AIDS financing early in the emergency and remains committed to achieving Millennium Development Goal 6, to halt by 2015 and begin to reverse the spread of HIV and AIDS, through prevention, care, treatment, and mitigation services for those affected by HIV and AIDS.
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The objective of the Additional
Financing for Total War against HIV and AIDS (TOWA) Project
is to assist Kenya to expand the coverage of targeted HIV
and AIDS prevention... Show More + and mitigation interventions. Negative
measures include: dust, air pollution, noise pollution,
water pollution, soil erosion, waste management, and borrow
pits. Negative measures include: a) locating this site away
from residential area in order to avoid dissipation of
noxious emissions to the community; b) locating it away from
agricultural areas to avoid contamination of food products
by effluents. Having it located in a well drained site
preferably downhill or away from any water wells. The site
can also be drained to avoid stagnation of storm water that
can result in to surface pollution or underground pollution;
c) locate site at least 50 meters away from any ground water
source; and d) plan the layout of the waste disposal area so
that the order of utilizing the excavated pits can be
determined. Such plans should be able to inform the
construction of future new pits at the site since plan
drawings are expected to remain in the records of waste
disposal units. Show Less -

This environmental assessment for Kenya
total war against HIV/AIDS project undertakes a situational
analysis of health care waste management through assessment
of policy,... Show More + legal and administrative framework in relation to
health care waste management. The study also assesses the
existing technologies, levels and presence of scavenging and
recycling; established the cost benefits of public-private
partnership in health care waste management, and finally
reviews existing training curricula, identifying unmet needs
and proposing appropriate and affordable strategies for the
training at various levels. Mitigation measures includes:
the need to reduce the volume or contaminated and organic
waste through shredding, recycling cremation of human body
parts, autoclaving. The segregation of material is crucial
in order to facilitate hygienic disposal. Proper and
adequate facilities for storage of healthcare wastes.
Measures will be taken for effective transportation of
healthcare wastes. Capacity will be carried out at all
levels from generation to disposal through appropriate
training, media and other forums. Community awareness and advocacy. Show Less -