Promoting Green Recovery Project (PGRP), (UNDP)
Promoting Green Recovery Project
Promoting Green Recovery Project is a project of United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with its consulting partner Waste Services Pvt. Ltd. where UNDP under its post COVID recovery effort, will work closely with relevant federal Ministries and Departments as well as provincial and local governments for effective management of municipal wastes and selected national healthcare facilities with the aim at strengthening their capacities in management of the potentially risky healthcare waste.
The duration of work is 40 days (in total) in one and half month time span from Second week of May until last week of June 2021.
7 hospitals where UNDP extended its support were:
- Koshi Provincial Hospital, Biratnagar
- Narayani Sub Regional Hospital, Birgunj
- Rapti Provincial Hospital, Tulsipur
- Janakur Provincial Hospital, Janakpur
- Shree Birendra Hospital, Chhauni Kathmandu
- Bheri Provincial Hospital, Nepalgunj
- Surkhet Provincial Hospital, Mahendranagar
The projects objectives were:
General Objective:
- To identify the options for the improvement or establishment of the crucial elements of health care waste management system of health care facilities that were established for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Specific Objectives:
- Conduct a detailed assessment following the World Health Organization protocol to identify the composition and volume of the waste generated in selected 3 Hospitals and the need-based assessment of the selected 4 hospitals.
- Identify and provide the detailed information for any construction activities if required
- Assess and identify the training and capacity building needs among the clinical and non-clinical staffs on healthcare waste management of 7 hospitals.
- Provide detailed budgeting and logistics required for the improvement of the existing situation of the healthcare waste.
Responsibilities of Waste Services Pvt. Ltd. were:
- Conduct detailed 7 days waste characterization assessment of the three healthcare facilities along with the need identification regarding logistics, construction activities and number and type of trainings.
- Prepare brief report on each hospital based on the results of assessment of healthcare waste management system.
- Provide a detailed engineering design for healthcare waste management treatment and storage centers within the hospital premises.
- Provide a detailed engineering design for the laundry facility within the premises of the hospital. Detailed engineering designs along with the BoQs for the construction to be provided.
- Identification of gaps and develop healthcare waste management implementation plan for all 7 hospitals.
- Provide recommendation (short-term and long-term) for the improvement of the existing waste management practices in all 7 hospitals.
- Coordinate with Department of Health Services (DoHS), Management Division and Technical Working Group (TWG) for the updates on the activities and sharing of the full report.
Activities of the projects were:
- Preparation of inception report
- Detailed assessment reports and detailed information for the construction activities with detailed budgeting and logistics required for the improvement of the existing situation of healthcare waste management.
- Feedback incorporation and final reporting.
Resource Personnel of this Projects were:
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S.N
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Position
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Total Number
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No. of work days
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1.
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Team Leader
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1
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30
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2.
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Supervisor
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2
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25
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3.
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Civil Engineer
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1
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15
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4.
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Biomedical Technician/Engineer
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1
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12
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Outputs of the Projects:
- Strengthened the healthcare waste management system which primarily includes healthcare waste management implementation plan including detail logistic list requiring for procurement of essential equipment and supplies.
- Detail design of the waste treatment center consisting of an environment friendly technology i.e. autoclave and encapsulation, landfilling as a final waste disposal option method in line with the Government of Nepal applicable policies and guidelines was provided.
- Respective hospital in the designing and planning of HCWM treatment center were supported.
- Detailed healthcare waste management implementation plan was available in 12 hospitals and detail-engineering design with BoQ was also available in 11 hospitals (excl. Mechi Hospital).
- Proposing an outline and in compliance with WHO protocols the assessment methodology with a list of key personnel, related documents, institutions, specialized entities and other with timelines.
- Waste generated along with the practices of waste management for each hospital.
- Healthcare waste management implementation plan with timeline for all selected hospitals.
- Engineering design of the proposed treatment center within the hospital premises for the 5 selected hospitals.
- Plan for initiation of recycling of the waste in the 5 selected hospitals.
- List of logistics required for implementation
- Transportation and collection routes and plan
- Recommendation for improvement.
- Draft report preparation and sharing with the stakeholders.
- Feedback incorporation and presentation of findings.
- Submission of final report.
