UNOPS, Takeda join hands to strengthen medical waste management in Bangladesh | News

DHAKA, Sept 30, 2025 (BSS) - The United Nations Office for Project Services(UNOPS), in partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, haslaunched a landmark initiative to tackle Bangladesh's growing medical wastecrisis, aiming to protect millions of people and strengthen climateresilience in the health sector. Supported by USD 7.1 million (JPY ¥1,023 million) from Takeda, the project isexpected to benefit more than 7.3 million people across climate-vulnerabledistricts. It will establish six modern medical waste treatment facilities, servingthousands daily and reaching 1.8 million people annually. Healthcare waste has become a pressing challenge in Bangladesh, withhospitals generating about 3.4 kilograms of waste per bed per day, up fromtwo-kg in 2019. More than 80 percent of municipalities lack proper treatment facilities,leaving communities exposed to infectious...