LAO Greater Mekong Subregion Health Security Project - Additional Financing (ADB-48118-003)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Myanmar
  • Vietnam
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Nation-wide
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Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Nov 22, 2016
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
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Investment Type(s)
Grant, Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 205.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 192.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 13.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Aug 20, 2024

Disclosed by Bank May 4, 2020

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

As stated by the ADB, the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Health Security Project is composed of (i) four loans to Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam (CLMV); and (ii) a grant to the Lao PDR. The project builds on previous and ongoing interventions focusing on communicable disease control (CDC) in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, and Viet Nam; and now including Myanmar.

The impact will be GMS public health security strengthened. The outcome will be GMS health system performance with regard to health security improved. The project has three outputs.

"Output 1: Regional cooperation and communicable disease control in border areas improved.

"Output 2: National disease surveillance and outbreak response systems strengthened.

"Output 3: Laboratory services and hospital infection prevention and control improved.

According to the project description, "the overall project impact and outcome will remain the same. The additional financing proposes a new output: emergency response to the COVID-19 outbreak supported (output 4). The main activities under output 4 include

(i) the procurement and distribution of medical supplies and equipment to hospitals at all levels according to need;

(ii) rapid training for frontline health workers on infection prevention and control (IPC), lab testing, and clinical care for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19); and

(iii) some non-pharmaceutical interventions, including risk communications and contact tracing. The activities fall within the scope of outputs 2 and 3 of the ongoing project, but a new output is proposed for effectiveness and efficiency in administration and monitoring."

The project output also aims to support the emergency response to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The ADB categorized project risks as follows:

Environment - B;
Involuntary Resettlement - C;
Indigenous Peoples - B.

Investment Description
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Amounts in project documents differ from those on the project disclosure page. The amounts here provided are those reported on the disclosure page.


Contact Information
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Executing Agencies

Ministry of Health
Simuang Road
Vientiane, LAO PDR

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

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