GH Second Urban Environmental Sanitation Project

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The project development objective of the Ghana Second Urban Environmental Sanitation Project is to improve urban living conditions in regard to environmental health, sanitation, drainage, vehicular access, and solid waste management in a sustainable fashion, with special emphasis on the poor. There are five project components. Component 1, Storm drainage, :Reduce the frequency, severity, and duration of flooding in low-lying areas. Component 2 provides sanitation services, Increasing the accessibility for low and middle-income residents and school children to adequate latrines, by providing household, public, and school latrines, and rehabilitating sewers as part of a liquid waste management plan. Component 3 increases the amount of refuse collected and disposed of in an environmentally sustainable manner by the construction of sanitary landfills, supply of equipment for their operation, and the completion of the sanitary landfill, improved use of the refuse dumps, rehabilitation of discontinued refuse dumps, and scaling up of private solid waste collection. Component 4 increases vehicular access and reduces flooding, erosion, and dust in low-income communities by upgrading community infrastructure. Component 5 builds capacity and enables central and local government agencies to more effectively fulfill their mandate regarding the project objectives, especially the Waste Management Departments (WMDs); and addresses malaria vector control & HIV/AIDS prevention by organizing a Roll Back Malaria (RBM) program in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service, consisting of (i) the elimination of various types of breeding grounds for mosquitoes, including choked or faulty drains, discarded tires, puddles and pools, and open water containers - whether public or private; and (ii) a campaign to raise public awareness about the need for a comprehensive approach for combating malaria, including the removal of sources, spraying, scaling up the use of impregnated bed nets (especially for children and pregnant women), and early treatment if infected.