Evidence Action kicks off COVID-19 prevention hygiene project
Apr 16, 2020
Evidence Action will support communities in 11 districts across rural Uganda, where 44% of the population lives below the poverty line.
COVID-19 | HYGIENE
Evidence Action - an international NGO with its Africa regional headquarters in Nairobi - has launched the COVID-19 Prevention Hygiene Project to support rural communities in slowing the spread of COVID-19.
This project is a timely opportunity to have a tangible, real-time impact on people who often do not have access to formal public infrastructure or adequate healthcare that are critical for mitigating the disease's impact.
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has quickly overwhelmed advanced health systems in Europe, the UK, and the US. Though African countries have reported fewer cases to date, time is of the essence to mitigate the devastating effect the virus could have on those in low- and middle-income communities.
Evidence Action will support communities in 11 districts across rural Uganda, where 44% of the population lives below the poverty line—face this unprecedented crisis by mobilizing the supply chain and networks underpinning its Dispensers for Safe Water programme.
Continued access to safe water: Continued re-stocking of chlorine to water points and conducting combined promoter and community education at all water points to address safe water behavioral habits and addressing any misinformation arising from COVID-19, as well as the impact of both of these on the continued use of chlorine.