New York (USA), Oct. 1 -- The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), in partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) has launched a transformative healthcare waste management initiative in Bangladesh.

The project aims to protect over 7.3 million people from infection risks linked to healthcare waste while boosting climate resilience in the public health system, said UNOPS said on Wednesday.

Supported by USD 7.1 million (JPY Euro1,023,546,180) from Takeda, it will establish a sustainable and replicable framework for medical waste management in underserved and climate-exposed regions.

In Bangladesh's rural and disaster-prone districts, mismanaged medical waste poses an increasing threat to both public heal...