Government of Japan and UNDP launch the “Project for the Improvement of Infectious Waste Management” in Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives
2022/8/10
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9 August 2022 – The Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the "Project for the Improvement of Infectious Waste Management" that will support the national health agencies and other key stakeholders in Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives to address the unprecedented rise in infectious health care waste caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
H.E. Ambassador Mr. Takeshi Osuga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Japan to the United Nations and Ms. Kanni Wignaraja, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific at the UNDP signed the Exchange of Notes in New York City. The total value of the grant aid for two years is eleven million USD.
The project will support key stakeholders in the three countries to deploy locally appropriate health care waste management practices and technologies to help protect human health, and minimize the pandemic's environmental and social impacts. 6 atolls in the Maldives will benefit from the support.
H.E. Ambassador Mr. Takeshi Osuga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Japan to the United Nations and Ms. Kanni Wignaraja, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific at the UNDP signed the Exchange of Notes in New York City. The total value of the grant aid for two years is eleven million USD.
The project will support key stakeholders in the three countries to deploy locally appropriate health care waste management practices and technologies to help protect human health, and minimize the pandemic's environmental and social impacts. 6 atolls in the Maldives will benefit from the support.