The desk appraisal concerned Danida’s support to UNICEF’s assistance in contributing to the COVID-19 response in Ghana.

UNICEF’s support to COVID-19 serves as an umbrella for a number of interventions at national and local levels. The national level interventions concern policy and strategic support to the Government of Ghana (GoG) for containing and responding to the pandemic, whereas the local level interventions concern enhancement of public services that will mitigate the negative effects of the pandemic and increase resilience in urban poor communities in Accra and Kumasi.

The type of interventions in poor urban communities include Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services and health care services. UNICEF’s support also includes access to justice and social services in relation to vulnerable households with a special attention to women and children.

From NCG, the team included Per Kirkemann.