The United Nations Development Programme has donated equipment for medical waste disposal worth a total of €1.01 million to the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan. This was reported by the online publication ‘Business Turkmenistan’.

Seven ‘Bertin Sterilwave 100C’ units for solid waste and two ‘Medister 160’ units for liquid waste have been installed in infectious disease prevention institutions and centres at the central and regional levels.

The equipment allows waste to be neutralised directly in medical facilities, turning it into safe material that can be disposed of as ordinary rubbish.

Previously, similar units were transferred to the Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance Service and the Blood Centre in Ashgabat.