- Evaluation Plan:
- 2018-2022, Ghana
- Evaluation Type:
- Final Project
- Planned End Date:
- 11/2020
- Status:
- Overdue
- Management Response:
- No
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 30,000
Final evaluation: Reducing UPOPs and Mercury releases from the Health Sector in Ghana
| Document | Type | Language | Size | Status | Downloads |
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| Title | Final evaluation: Reducing UPOPs and Mercury releases from the Health Sector in Ghana |
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| Atlas Project Number: | 00089426 |
| Evaluation Plan: | 2018-2022, Ghana |
| Evaluation Type: | Final Project |
| Status: | Overdue |
| Planned End Date: | 11/2020 |
| Management Response: | Yes |
| Focus Area: |
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| Corporate Outcome and Output (UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021) |
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| SDG Goal |
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| SDG Target |
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| Evaluation Budget(US $): | 30,000 |
| Source of Funding: | Non Core: Global Environment Fund Trustee |
| Joint Programme: | No |
| Joint Evaluation: | Yes
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| GEF Evaluation: | No |
| Key Stakeholders: | Ghana Health Services, Ministry of Health, MMDAs, WHO |
| Countries: | GHANA |
| Comments: | Final Project evaluation |
| Lessons | |
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| Findings |
| Recommendations | |
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| 1 | The project must ensure that the non-incineration and mercury-free technologies introduced under Phase 1 of the project become or remain (as applicable) sustainable in the long-term through periodic follow-up visits. |
| 2 | The Project Document expects the introduction of non-incineration and mercury-free technologies at more HCFs during the second phase of the project. It is recommended to consider the installation of more autoclaves very carefully, as the project’s completion date is in April 2020. This leaves little time of the time consuming and complex issue of establishing structures to house the new autoclaves. So, if the PIU decides to purchase one or more autoclaves, very great care must be taken in selecting the receiving HCFs, so that it is certain that all necessary resources are available to rapidly establish a building for the new autoclaves. |
| 3 | When planning the second phase of the project, it is important that measures are taken to ensure that the treatment capacities of the installed (and any future) autoclaves are fully utilised. These autoclaves can complete six treatment cycles in an eight-hour working day. This means that several treatment facilities should not be placed within one city, unless there is sufficient waste to keep all the autoclaves busy. Some of the already installed autoclaves can be expected to operate at well below capacity, i.e. their waste treatment capacity is far greater than the quantity of waste generated by their host facility. To utilise this excess capacity, the PIU should work toward ensuring that all surrounding HCFs send their infectious waste to the hospitals equipped with treatment systems. Here the project can help these new model facilities with training, equipment, workshops and other actions to bring about a collaboration between the HCFs within each project region.
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