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Overview

South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund provides USD 679,363 for medical waste management project in Laos

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$626,469
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Lao People's Democratic RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Multi-RegionSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Jan 1, 2021
End (actual)
Feb 27, 2024

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned Funds

  • Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Laos

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Laos Ministry of Health
  • Laos Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)

Loan description

South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund provides USD 679,363 for medical waste management project in Laos

Narrative

Full Description

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. Laos received USD 679,363 under this initiative to achieve the following deliverables: - procure 2 sets of high temperature steam sterilizer equipment with integrated shredder enhanced capacities for safe medical waste management and access to information in the selected provinces/districts; - train 15 MoH staff in central, provincial and district level on the database and maintenance of the system; - train 25 MoH staff on medical waste management; - train 1 central hospital (103 hospital), 7 provincial hospitals (Xiengkhouang, Houphanh, Bolikhamxay, Xaysomboun, Phongsaly, Salavan and Attapue), and 13 district hospitals on Medical Waste Management; - train core staffs from 2 selected hospitals for operation and maintenance of the equipment. On July 28, 2022, three high-capacity autoclaves were handed over to Setthathirath Central Hospital, Luang Namtha Provincial Hospital, and Xayaboury Provincial Hospital. This was done in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, with the technical advisory of the World Health Organization (WHO). The autoclave can treat 100-150 kilograms of waste in 30 minutes.

Staff comments

1. UNDP's contribution was split among the five countries: (Philippines $0, Myanmar $0, Cambodia $5,000,000, Nepal $400,000, Lao PDR $1,020,000) 2. More details on the specific activities can be found in source ID#178704. 3. AidData has estimated the transaction amount based on the budget documents (source ID#220719 and 220720) provided by the UNDP. (655,253 + 24,110= 679,363)