Wastes from those facilities are mingled with ordinary wastes and thrown into nature, where they can cause serious public health issues.

Needles are likely to propagate HIV/AIDS as they might constitute an attractive toy for kids. Blades can cause tetanus and Hepatitis B, not to talk of unknown damages that blood-tainted tampons and human flesh can cause on vegetations, water pipes and crops.

The Lakentini hospital in Douala is one of those hospitals who expose populations to those hazards. It, like other health centres, urgently needs incinerators to burn the wastes it generates