Report on COVID-19 Vaccine Waste Management Project
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic contain the spread of virus have caused a global economic recession and have also generated an enormous amount of medical waste. Waste generation amid COVID-19, especially discarded PPEs and single-use plastics, has been an environmental and public health crisis around the world particularly in the countries with developing economies. Hence, this project was accelerated for the management of COVID-19 vaccine waste.
Though it was the responsibility of Waste Service Pvt. Ltd. to collect the waste generated Pokhara Metropolitan City also coordinated with Waste Sevice Pvt. Ltd.
COVID-19 Vaccine Waste Management Project of Waste Service Pvt. Ltd. working in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with Pokhara Metropolitan City to provide a complete health care waste management solution.
Objectives of Project
Location and Duration
COVID Waste Management project lasted for 1 month from Baishakh 10 to Jestha 10, 2079.
33 wards were covered for COVID-19 Waste Management to collect the waste from immunization centers in Pokhara Metropolitan City. 40 immunization center in 33 wards were the pickup points of the waste. A total of 6810 KG of waste was collected.
Immunization centers of Pokhara Metropolitan City were:
S.N |
Name of Organization |
Ward No. |
1. |
Urban Health Clinic |
12 |
2. |
Urban Health Clinic |
13 |
3. |
Urban Health Clinic |
1 |
4. |
Urban Health Clinic |
2 |
5. |
Urban Health Clinic |
3 |
6. |
Urban Health Clinic |
4 |
7. |
Urban Health Clinic |
7 |
8. |
Urban Health Clinic |
9 |
9. |
Urban Health Clinic |
10 |
10. |
Urban Health Clinic |
15 |
11. |
Urban Health Clinic |
17 |
12. |
Urban Health Clinic |
8 |
13. |
Urban Health Clinic |
5 |
14. |
Urban Health Clinic |
14 |
15. |
Ward Office |
11 |
16. |
Ward Office |
6 |
17. |
Sisuwa Hospital |
30 |
18. |
Infectious and Communicable Disease Hospital |
30 |
19. |
Urban Health Clinic |
30 |
20. |
Urban Health Clinic (Durgamandir) |
32 |
21. |
Urban Health Clinic (Malepatan) |
32 |
22. |
Urban Health Clinic (Tallogagangauda) |
32 |
23. |
Urban Health Clinic |
29 |
24. |
Armala PHC |
16 |
25. |
Sarangkot HP |
18 |
26. |
Urban Health Clinic |
31 |
27. |
Urban Health Clinic |
33 |
28. |
Bharatpokhari Health Post |
33 |
29. |
Nirmal Pokhari Health Post |
21 |
30. |
Chapalot HP |
23 |
31. |
Urban Health Clinic |
19 |
32. |
Tallakot HP |
19 |
33. |
Bhalam HP |
20 |
34. |
Mauja HP |
20 |
35. |
Kalika HP |
28 |
36. |
Majhthana HP |
28 |
37. |
Rakhi HP |
26 |
38. |
Leknath HP |
27 |
39. |
Kristi PHC |
21 |
40. |
Pokhara HP |
22 |
Methodology is broken down in three phases:
Preparation Phase:
Implementation Phase:
Reporting Phase:
Final report was submitted to Department of Health, Health Office, Kaski and Pokhara Metropolitan City after the completion of the project.
Outputs of the Project: