Environment and Ecology
Elimination of mercury-containing medical devices
▪ The Governments of Albania, Burkina Faso, Montenegro, Uganda including India have united to launch a $134-million project to eliminate the use of mercury in medical devices.
▪ This project will be,
✓ Led by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
✓ Funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF)
✓ Executed by the World Health Organization (WHO)
About UNEP
▪ Formation – 5 June 1972
▪ Headquarters – Nairobi, Kenya
About GEF
▪ Formation – 15 October 1991
▪ It is a multilateral environmental fund that help the developing countries to address the environmental issues
About WHO
▪ Established – 7 April 1948
▪ Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
▪ Director-General of WHO – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
