Disclosable Version of the ISR - Zambia COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project - P174185 - Sequence No : 02 (English)

The Additional Financing for the Zambia COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project (P176400), in the amount of US$14 million (International Development Association - IDA - credit) and US$10 million (Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents - GFF), was approved on June 28, 2021 and expected to be signed on September 28, 2021. [...] The project has so far recruited 573 health workers to support the case management of patients, especially in isolation wards, and is financing emergency procurements of drugs, personal protective equipment, medical supplies, diagnostic equipment, laboratory supplies and reagents for SARS-CoV- 2 and genomic sequencing, each at different stages in the process. [...] Of the 87 approved projects: (i) 33 are in Africa – 12 in AFE and 21 in AFW; (ii) 12 in East Asia; (iii) 14 in Europe and Central Asia; (iv) 12 in Latin America and the Caribbean; (v) 7 in Middle East and North Africa; and (vi) 9 in South Asia. [...] The significant level of disbursements in just over 19 months attest to the strong implementation efforts of the Bank response thanks to the commitment of counterparts supported by Bank country teams. [...] IN01040982 ►Number of designated health facilities with COVID-19 case management capacity (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 15-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2023 Currently, 116 health facilities are providing case management for COVID-19 at varying degrees of Comments: capacity, supported by the MOH and other developme