Inadequate last-mile pharmaceutical waste management is a neglected threat to environmental and public health: A call to action

Raffaella Ravinetto; Jennie Lates; Lauren Jonkman; Vulika Nangombe; Anne Hauner; Renier Coetzee; Belen Tarrafeta; Hazel Bradley; Maya Ronse; Koen Peeters Grietens; Joos van den Noortgate; Saleh Aljadeeah

doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019544

Inadequate last-mile pharmaceutical waste management is a neglected threat to environmental and public health: A call to action

Raffaella Ravinetto^*
, Jennie Lates
, Lauren Jonkman
, Vulika Nangombe
, Anne Hauner
, Renier Coetzee
, Belen Tarrafeta
, Hazel Bradley
, Maya Ronse
, Koen Peeters Grietens
, Joos van den Noortgate
, Saleh Aljadeeah

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
University of the Western Cape
University of Namibia
Nagasaki University
Medecins Sans Frontieres

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Original language	English
Article number	e019544
Journal	BMJ global health
Volume	10
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019544
Publication status	Published - 7 Jul 2025
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Environmental health
Health policies and all other topics
Public Health

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Ravinetto, R., Lates, J., Jonkman, L., Nangombe, V., Hauner, A., Coetzee, R., Tarrafeta, B., Bradley, H., Ronse, M., Peeters Grietens, K., van den Noortgate, J., & Aljadeeah, S. (2025). Inadequate last-mile pharmaceutical waste management is a neglected threat to environmental and public health: A call to action. BMJ global health, 10(7), Article e019544. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019544

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Inadequate last-mile pharmaceutical waste management is a neglected threat to environmental and public health: A call to action

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