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United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
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National Conference Sets the Course for Sustainable Infrastructure in Ethiopia

The infrastructure is significantly impacting 92% of targets within all 17 Sustainable Development Goals and can stir the development positively or negatively

The systemic approach to the sustainable and climateresilient infrastructure is one of the key preconditions for the continuous and equable growth of Ethiopia. The priorities in the development of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), road and transport, housing, and energy infrastructure should be financially supported by national and external resources,…

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
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Improving Living Conditions for Internally Displaced People in Ethiopia

To address the spread of waterborne diseases in the camp, UNOPS enhanced the water supply infrastructure and sanitation facilities, with funding from the government of Japan

Improving Living Conditions for Internally Displaced People in Ethiopia. The Qoloji IDP Camp in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia faces ongoing public health risks due to the spread of cholera and other epidemics. The COVID-19 pandemic also severely weakened the already precarious healthcare system due to crowded living conditions…

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United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Ministry of Health launch project to support Health Sector Transformation Plan implementation

The UNOPS and the FMOH had their first official kick-off meeting for a project known as “Strengthening the Capacity of MOH for the Realization of Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP) II Selected Priorities"

UNOPS and Ethiopia's Ministry of Health have partnered to support the implementation of the Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP) II plan. The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) had their first official kick-off meeting for a project known as “Strengthening the Capacity…

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
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Improving health surveillance and strengthening the healthcare system in Uganda

Uganda's Ministry of Health received a mobile laboratory as part of the European Union-Intergovernmental Authority on Development (EU-IGAD) COVID-19 Response programme

The mobile laboratory will be used to collect and transport test samples from people suspected of having an infectious disease and will enable medical workers to reach vulnerable areas. "The COVID-19 pandemic only confirmed that strengthening healthcare systems around the globe is critical. The mobile laboratory is ensuring the most…

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
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Restoring Emergency, Maternal and Child Health Services in Northeastern Nigeria

We're working with the government of Japan to re-equip health facilities in Yobe State destroyed by insurgents

The decade-long insurgency by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria has damaged or destroyed healthcare infrastructure and hospital equipment and supplies – and in some cases, resulted in the loss of life of healthcare workers. The damage from the conflict has severely hampered the ability of many local governments in Yobe…

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
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Roads to food security in South Sudan

Nearly 7 million people – 60 per cent of the population – struggle to get enough food to meet their daily needs

A road is more than just a way for getting from one place to another – for some communities in South Sudan, it's a lifeline to markets, food and basic services. Years of violent conflict, population displacement and trade disruption have resulted in extreme levels of food insecurity in South…

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
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Infrastructure for Peacebuilding: The role of infrastructure in tackling the underlying drivers of fragility (September 2020)

This gap in access to infrastructure services became increasingly evident as the first confirmed cases of the COVID-19 emerged in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS)

Introduction The global agenda on conflict and peacebuilding has drastically changed over the past fifty years. If the twentieth century agenda was dominated by conflicts between national states, today the concern has shifted towards contexts that combine state fragility with protracted and intractable conflict, often involving alliances between non-state groups…

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
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Coronavirus - South Sudan: Japan donates over US $209,000 to Mine Action in South Sudan

United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), together with the Government of Japan, is committed to comply with and support national-led efforts to prevent the spread of the virus

The Government of Japan has contributed US $209,090 to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), for the mine action project “Enabling Safe Return, Humanitarian Operations, and Strengthening Institutional Capacity of the National Mine Action Authority in South Sudan”. Since 2011, Japan has contributed over US $17 million to humanitarian…

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Coronavirus - South Sudan : The World Bank approves USD 40 million to provide income support to 65 000 households in South Sudan

In order to adapt the Project to the COVID-19 context and address rising socio-economic vulnerability, the project will rapidly roll-out immediate direct income support

A $40 million grant from the World Bank’s International Development Association will fund a two and half years Project to provide income support to nearly 430 000 low income South Sudanese. The Project will be implemented by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)  in South Sudan. UNOPS will…

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Improving access to basic services in the Central African Republic

Access: That one word means a lot when it’s no longer possible

In Bamingui, in the northern part of the Central African Republic, the annual rainy season from May to November means access is often stripped away for weeks, if not months. Access to humanitarian supplies. Access to health services. Access to economic opportunities. “Whenever it rained, the old bridge flooded,” explains…