COVID-19 WASH Response Project for Etege Mintiwab Health Center and Injibara Hospital in Amhara Region According to Ethiopian Public Health institute as of September 30, 2020, 75,368 Individuals have been tested COVID-19 positive total 1,198 COVID-19 related deaths recorded and 31,204 cases recovered in the country. 

The main objective of these proposed WASH interventions is to provide basic WASH service to Amhara Regional state ,Awi Zone ,Banja Woreda ,Injibara Hospital and Central Gonder Zone Gonder town Mintiwab Health Center so as patients and  staff  to have dignified access to basic WASH service and to prevent further transmission of infectious disease including COVID-19.
According to the recent WASH Cluster prioritization, these two health care facilities are serving as isolation center and treatment center in their respective Woredas. In addition to the role, these health care facilities are playing in the health system the two centers are serving the community in prevention of COVID-19 since March 2020.

World Vision Ethiopia (WV) and its consortium partner Afro Ethiopia Integrated Development (AEID)  will strengthen the two health care centers basic WASH service facilities through increasing access to safe water by rehabilitation of water scheme and installation of water tankers ,increasing access to sanitation facilities through construction of showers and latrines, provision of laundry washing facilities, installation of improved handwashing station, improving these two institutions solid waste collection and disposal system through provision of different size waste collection bins and construction of waste disposal sites. In addition, in this project it is planned to increase patients and  staff awareness regarding COVID-19 through provision and posting of IEC/BCC materials and  conducting training for staff  , 

World Vision Ethiopia (WVE) will cover the WASH service need of  Injibara Hospital  with planned activities including  upgrading of the hand stroke shallow well to motorized solar pump system , construction of two blocks of VIP latrines, installation of 4 handwashing stations with proper drainage system, provision of NFIs (soaps, latrine cleaning materials ,sanitizers),improving the hospital waste disposal system through provision of waste collection bins and construction of inclinator, and COVID -19, hygiene and sanitation awareness creation is planned through IEC/BCC material distribution and posting.  

Afro Ethiopia Integrated Development (AEID) will implement WASH activities  at Mintiwab Health Center of Gondar town  with the following activities in plan:  installation of 3m water tanker stand for the existing water storage tank, installation of 2 handwashing stations with proper drainage system, construction of two blocks VIP latrine, construction of  two blocks of showers ,provision of laundry machine, provision of NFIs(soaps, latrine cleaning materials, sanitizer ) provision of waste collection bins and construction of inclinators ,training staff regarding Covid-19 , hygiene and sanitation provision and posting of different IEC/BCC materials.
In this project, it is planned to address 45,000 individuals with total budget of $200,000.