Sierra Leone COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project Second Additional Financing (WB-P177850)

Countries
  • Sierra Leone
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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Voting Date
Dec 13, 2021
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Borrower
Government of Sierra Leone
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Sectors
  • Education and Health
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 18.00 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)
$ 18.00 million
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Bank Documents
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Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Feb 24, 2022

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Project Description
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According to bank documents, the project objective is to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness in Sierra Leone. 

The additional activities will be incorporated into the existing components of the parent project as described below.

  1. Component 1: Supporting national and sub-national public health institutions for prevention and preparedness (total US$3.23 million, of which AF2 US$0.13 million equivalent from IDA grant)

    1. Sub-component 1.2: Community Engagement and Risk Communication (total US$1.43 million, of which AF2 US$0.13 million equivalent from IDA grant). This sub-component is proposed to be scaled up. The parent project’s activities that support risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) will continue and expand the community outreach with tailored risk communication and community engagement in alignment with the scaling up of COVID-19 vaccination nationwide, including hard-to-reach communities and remote areas.

  2. Component 3: Emergency COVID-19 Response (total US$29.17 million, of which AF2 US$17.97 million equivalent from IDA grant).

    1. Sub-component 3.3: COVID-19 vaccines service delivery (total US$4.87 million from the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Trust Fund (HEPRTF), of which AF2 US$1.37 million equivalent from IDA grant). This sub-component is proposed to be scaled up. The AF2 will support the preparation and operationalization of scaling up of COVID-19 vaccines deployment in the country.

    2. Sub-component 3.5: COVID-19 vaccines acquisition (total US$20.6 million, of which AF2 US$16.60 million from IDA grant). This sub-component is proposed to be scaled up. The support for vaccines acquisition under the AF2 is part of the containment and mitigation measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and deaths under Component 3: Emergency COVID-19 Response.
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World Bank:
Contact: Kazumi Inden
Title: Senior Health Specialist
Telephone No: 5220+82530
Email: kinden@worldbank.org

Contact: Kofi Amponsah
Title: Senior Economist, Health
Telephone No: 5342+3302
Email: kamponsah@worldbank.org

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