Myanmar Health Assistance & Nutrition Support (HANS) Project (WB-P508089)

Countries
  • Myanmar
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
A
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
May 29, 2025
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.
Borrower
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) / United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 40.00 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 40.00 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.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Mar 3, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Jan 29, 2025

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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.

According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to deliver essential health and nutrition services and assistance to the vulnerable population, with a focus on women and children in Myanmar.

The project aims to deliver high-impact, life-saving essential health and nutrition services and cash assistance to the vulnerable population, with a particular focus on women and children. With the United Nations (UN) agencies— UNICEF and UNOPS will be the Implementing Agencies (IAs) – the project will leverage established partnerships with international and national non-governmental organizations, private entities, community-based organizations (serving as implementing partners) to deliver services and assistance to beneficiaries. Ensuring access to an integrated package of essential health services at the community and health facility levels is essential for life-saving care and for the protection and promotion of human capital.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

The risk rating for this project is Substantial (environmental risk: Moderate, social risk: Substantial). The environmental risks associated with the proposed project activities include: (i) occupational health and safety (OHS) and labour risks for project workers and implementation partners in provision of heath and nutrition services; (ii) improper disposal and management of healthcare/biological waste including sharps, syringes, bottles, contaminated human tissues and blood; and (iii) security and UXOs/landmines risks during commute of project workers, implementation partners and beneficiaries. Potential social risks include the exclusion of vulnerable beneficiaries from the project activities, risks to project workers (health and safety, security, SEA/SH), risks to beneficiaries when collecting assistance (security, discrimination SEA/SH), community health and safety risks from disposal of medical waste, risk of the inadequate and culturally inappropriate stakeholder engagement including Grievance Redress Mechanism and data security for the beneficiaries. Because project activities will potentially be taking place in locations characterized by conflict, the recommended social risk rating is substantial rather than moderate.

Investment Description
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IDA Grant: US$ 40.00 million

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF) Client -
- - - - United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Client -

Contact Information
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World Bank

Mahoko Kamatsuchi
Senior Health Specialist

Kenichi Victor Nishikawa Chavez
Senior Economist, Program Leader

Borrower/Client/Recipient

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Marcoluigi Corsi
Country Representative
mcorsi@unicef.org

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Sara Austin Netzer
Country Director
sarane@unops.org

Implementing Agencies

UNICEF Myanmar
Marcoluigi Corsi
Country Representative
mcorsi@unicef.org

UNOPS Myanmar
Sara Austin Netzer
Country Director
sarane@unops.org

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

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