Covid-19 Response Project From the commencement of the project, it had 3 objectives summarized which are: I. Provision of sustainable water supply to 10 MIs II. Improvement of Infection Prevention and control measures in the 10 MIs III. Provision of funds for purchase of relevant IPC supplies ACHAP in the second phase of support to CHAN, provided CHAN the sum of $50,000 to provide 10 Boreholes for 10 facilities across Nigeria. The Process of provision had kickstarted. Earliear in the year they supported CHAN towards mitigating the impact of Covid ‘19 Worth US $27,500 (Twenty -Seven thousand, Five hundred United States Dollars was spent to support Community Mobilisation efforts for active case identification, surveillances and Guidance on home based care; furthermore to equip health facilities with medicines and supplies and to provide support for referrals from community to facility and to higher level facilities.

The whole COVID-19 situation started in Nigeria like a joke. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Nigeria was on the 27th of February, 2020, thereafter, were many more. The effect of COVID-19 affected some of the CHAN Member Institutions (MIs) – where a greater part of the Nigerian population have confidence in accessing quality health care services, but for lack of some appropriate equipment and supplies. As a result, some MIs were threatened to close down so that their workers do not contract the corona virus. The implication of this was that people with other health conditions like diabetes, hypertension, TB, maternal and neo-natal services did not get attention and so, CHAN was not able to meet up with the responsibilities of caring for the affected persons and communities, especially as the virus was spreading further into the hard-to-reach areas even with our capacity of providing 40% to 50% health care services delivery in urban areas of Nigeria and up to 60% to 80% in the Rural areas. However, With the support of the Africa Christian Health Associations’ Platform – ACHAP/IMA World Health, CHAN was able to reach out to five MIs. In Plateau State, the Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BhUTH) in Jos was chosen for their preparedness and designation by the Plateau State Government. Other facilities including, 1. Hoarse Memorial Hospital, Yaba. 2. Regina Mundi Catholic Hospital Mushin, Lagos 3. BhUTH, 4. Rufina Catholic Medical Centre, Iperu 5. St. Mary Catholic Hospital Gwagwalada FCT, Abuja.