South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund provides USD 760,600 for medical waste management project in Myanmar

Project narrative

Through the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund (SSCAF), China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) pledged USD 5 million for the "Learning from China's Experience to Improve the Ability of Response to COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific Region" initiative in 2021. The goal of the project was to strengthen the preparedness and response capacity of the Philippines (Record ID# 96431), Myanmar (Record ID#96973), Cambodia (Record ID#96974), Nepal (Record ID#96975), and Laos (Record ID#96976) and share China’s successful COVID-19 strategies to promote sustainable cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region on COVID-19 response. The total estimated cost of this initiative is USD 11.42 million with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) providing the remaining USD 6.42 million in parallel funding. Myanmar received USD 760,600 under this initiative to achieve the following deliverables: - support the expansion and upgrading of the appropriate waste management facilities; - development of guidelines for and provision of targeted trainings on waste management for COVID-19 health care, waste and sanitation workers; - increase awareness and basic knowledge on the prevention and containing of the spread of the virus amongst the most vulnerable populations.