The management of healthcare waste is an essential part of ensuring that health and social care activities do not pose a risk of infection. Infection control and health and safety legislation;
Colleges and Universities in Ghana offering BSc in Waste Management and Environmental Health:
university of agriculture and environmental studies
Direct Entry Requirement (SSSCE/WASSCE/GCE “O” Level & “A” Level Candidates)
Candidates must have CREDITS in THREE [3] SSSCE/WASSCE Core subjects: English Language, Mathematics and Integrated Science in addition to CREDITS in any THREE [3] relevant elective subjects in the following options;
General Science Option: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Chemistry, Elective Mathematics
Agricultural Science Option: General Agriculture, Physics, Chemistry, Elective Mathematics, Animal Husbandry, Crop Husbandry, Horticulture, Economics and Extension
General Arts Option: Economics, Geography, Government, Elective Mathematics, General Knowledge in Arts
Home Economics Option: Biology or Chemistry, General Knowledge in Art, Management in Living, Food and Nutrition, Economics
Business Option: Business Management, Business Mathematics and Costing, Accounting, Economics, Elective Mathematics
Candidates must have FIVE credits at GCE O level or equivalent including English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science, General Science, Geography, Economics, Government. In addition, passes in THREE [3] GCE Advanced Level subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biology, Agricultural Science, Government, Economics and Geography.
How is waste management linked to environmental health?
Deposited waste is normally compacted. Some landfills use gas extraction to pump gas out for the use of electricity generation.
While most of these forms of waste management are convenient methods, they have a negative impact on the environment due to the emission of gaseous pollutants from degradation processes.