Additional Financing Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Additional Financing for the Tajikistan Emergency COVID-19 Project - P175168

The Project seeks to support the response of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the implementation of their Emergency Response Plan, adopted in March 2020. [...] The major areas of risks for the project are: (i) risks related to rehabilitation of existing healthcare facilities; (ii) risks related to medical waste management and disposal; (iii) risks related to spread of the virus among health care workers; (iv) risks related to the spread of COVID-19 among the population at large; and (v) the additional risks related to establishment of PSA oxygen refillin [...] With regard to rehabilitation of existing healthcare facilities, the civil works envisaged in the AF refer to the establishment of oxygen supply equipment within the buildings and the pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen refilling stations within the boundaries of existing hospitals only, no land acquisition or involuntary resettlement impacts are expected. [...] General Assessment ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts Overview of the relevance of the Standard for the Project: The AF is expected to have positive environmental and social impacts as it should maximize the financial sustainability of investments under the parent Project with focus on preventive maintenance the ICU equipment installed and supporting more [...] The updated ESMF is to describe measures to comprehensively manage and reduce the environmental and social aspects of the parent Project, as well as the Additional Financing.