Nwoya District Partners with the Oil and Gas Sector in Promoting Environment Sustainability

Anaka Hospital, the main healthcare facility in Nwoya District, had gone eight years without access to piped water, until last week, when a joint effort involving players from Uganda’s oil and gas sector and local stakeholders restored the water supply within the hospital.

The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), in partnership with TotalEnergies EP Uganda (TEPU), CNOOC Uganda Limited (CUL), the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Limited, the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), and Albertine Waste Management JV and Luweero Industries Ltd collaborated to restore the hospital’s water supply. In addition to this critical intervention, the partners also committed to managing and safely disposing of accumulated medical waste to a tune of 20,000 tonnes, which had posed a growing health risk to the hospital and surrounding community following the withdrawal of support from USAID.