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Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | Sep 18, 2024

Ethiopia: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Ministry of Health signed a $13.5 million project financed by the World Bank to procure and install Oxygen Supply Systems

This project will enhance healthcare delivery, improve emergency preparedness, and provide economic benefits, ensuring that medical facilities can offer consistent and high-quality care to patients

UNOPS and the Ministry of Health have formalized a $13.5 million partnership financed by the World Bank for the procurement and installation of oxygen plants in hospitals throughout Ethiopia. This project will enhance healthcare delivery, improve emergency preparedness, and provide economic benefits, ensuring that medical facilities can offer consistent and…

Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | Sep 13, 2024

Building skills and capacity for the delivery of quality healthcare in Ethiopia

UNOPS is working with the Ministry of Health as it strengthens its institutional capabilities, fosters a culture of continuous improvement and delivers high-quality medical services

With $1.3 million in funding from the World Bank's International Development Association, UNOPS will provide comprehensive training programmes and workshops as well as arrange travel for study visits aimed at enhancing grant management knowledge, skills and competencies for Ministry of Health staff. "Investing in the skills and capabilities of the…

Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | Aug 27, 2024

Providing renewable energy to health centres in Côte d’Ivoire

UNOPS is working with the government and the World Bank to upgrade health facilities in rural areas of the country

People living in rural areas of Côte d’Ivoire are dependent on health centres to meet their healthcare needs. In support of the Ministry of Health's priorities of providing equitable healthcare access, UNOPS is procuring solar equipment that will provide a renewable source of electricity to more than 160 health centres…

Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | Mar 26, 2024

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,…

Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | Dec 13, 2023

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…

Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | Nov 01, 2023

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…

Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | Aug 04, 2023

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…

Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | Jul 15, 2023

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…

Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | Aug 10, 2021

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…

Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | Sep 25, 2020

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…