The Overall Objective of the project is to reduce environmental releases of dioxins and mercury by demonstrating and promoting best techniques and practices for reducing and managing health care waste in a number of countries and regions. The Project will develop very specific health care waste management models through working with at least one large hospital and several smaller clinics and/or rural health or injection programs in each participating country. The focus will be on education, training, establishing management systems, and the careful selection of instruments, products and technologies that can be applied in a wide variety of settings. These will take on many different forms, but all will derive similar, replicable results in virtually eliminating dioxin and mercury releases from participating facilities and institutions. Operating in seven countries (Argentina, India, Latvia, Lebanon, Philippines, Senegal, Vietnam) covering five regions, the Project will have a strong regional component for the purpose of disseminating Project outcomes through participation of health care facilities and organizations from other countries in the region in the training programs and/or in regional conferences. The principal cooperating agencies working with UNDP on this project are the World Health organisation (WHO) and Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)..