TSEGA MESAFINT2026-02-182023-11https://etd.hu.edu.et/handle/123456789/925In many developing countries, the inadequacy of data regarding the quantity and composition of healthcare waste is one of the major reasons for improper healthcare waste management. The problem of poor healthcare solid waste management in health centers has become a critical issue as it poses potential health risks and damage to the environment in developing countries. This study aimed to assess healthcare solid waste generation rate and its management system in selected three health centers of Wondo Genet Woreda. A cross-sectional study design was applied to assess the healthcare solid waste generation rate and its management practices in three selected health centers. The study used quantitative and qualitative approach methods. The quantitative data were collected for seven consecutive days using questionnaires and direct measurement of healthcare waste and the qualitative data were collected by using an observational checklist and key Informant Interview. The SPSS version 21 and Microsoft Excel Version 2010 were used to analyze data. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were used for analyzing and interpretation of data. Pearson Correlation used to correlate the relationship between observed number of patient flow and quantities of healthcare solid waste generated from case teams. One-Way ANOVA was applied to perceive variation in healthcare solid waste generation rate among the three health centers. The numbers of patients were recorded from Basha HC, Aruma HC and Kella HC was 623, 579 and 519 patients per week respectively. The total weight of general, sharp, infectious, pathological and Pharmaceutical health care wastes generated from three selected healthcare centers. The findings revealed that the management of healthcare Solid waste in the health centers is poor. The total healthcare solid waste generated from Basha, Aruma and Kella healthcare center was 10.32kg/day or 72.23kg/week, 9.72kg/day or 68.04kg/week, 7.27kg/day or 50.9kg/week respectively. The total healthcare waste generation rate was 0.33Kg/patient/day. Although waste segregation at source of generation was crucial to improve waste management practices, it was observed that in this study, healthcare centers onsite segregation of healthcare solid waste was not practiced appropriately. Similarly, status of healthcare solid waste management practice with regard to storage, collection, treatment and disposal were not coherent with the WHO guideline. 66%) of the respondents responded that HCWs were poorly segregated in each case team, 93% of them also responded that there were no sufficient waste containers, 82.2%) of respondents responded that there was a temporary HCW storage and 95.9%) responded that there were no sufficient storage areas in health centers. Therefore, the management at the healthcare facilities along with the woreda health office officials should work together to properly implement the healthcare solid waste management as per the recommendation of the WHO healthcare solid waste management rules for keeping human health as well environmental sustainability.en-USHealthcare centerhealthcare wastehealthcare waste generation ratehealthcare waste managementThesis