Implementation Completion and Results Report (ICR) Document - COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility Project - P174366 (English)

The project contributed to the implementation of the IHR (2005) and the Global Health Security Agenda and complemented the development partners’ investments in health systems strengthening, disease control and surveillance. [...] The objective of Component was to strengthen capacity for diagnosis and testing of SARS-CoV-2 at the National Public Health Laboratory with the aim of reaching capacity to conduct 500 tests per day by the end of the project. [...] The initial Closing Date of the project was January 31, 2021, but due to delays in the delivery of one of the procurement items caused by the global supply chain and logistics challenges resulted from COVID-19 pandemic, the Bank approved a one- month extension of the Closing Date to February 28, 2021. [...] This allowed the project to complete one of the main activities under the project, the installation of the seven oxygen plants. [...] Furthermore, the project (i) is aligned with the WB’s COVID-19 SPRP, particularly the focus on detection and response to the threat posed by COVID-19 and (ii) contributed to the implementation of the IHR (2005) and the Global Health Security Agenda and complemented the development partners’ investments in health systems strengthening, disease control, and surveillance.