Figure 3
The table presents a comparison of healthcare waste management steps for public, private, and military healthcare facilities in Beira. It includes four main categories: Segregation, Storage, Transport, and Treatment. The table has three rows representing different types of healthcare facilities: Public HCFs, Private HCFs, and Military HCF, and four columns representing the management steps. Each cell contains specific actions and the number of facilities implementing each action. For Segregation, Public HCFs (15+HCB) handle Infectious (16), Sharps (16), Pharmaceutical (16), Common (16), and Anatomical (11) waste. Private HCFs (21) handle Infectious (21), Sharps (21), Pharmaceutical (21), Common (21), and Anatomical (9) waste. Military HCF (1) has no segregation. For Storage, Public HCFs store waste directly to open-burning space (6), proper storage (5), or open air (5). Private HCFs use proper storage (13), remain in bins (6), or open air (2). Military HCF has no external transport.Scheme of Beira's HCFs management steps for their HCWM. The number in the brackets represent the HCFs implementing the action described. Source: Authors’ own work