Guinea Enhancing Health System Transformation (GUEST) Project (WB-P506072)

Countries
  • Guinea
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
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
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
Sep 23, 2024
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
Government of Guinea - Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene
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, Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 85.00 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)
$ 10.00 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)
$ 95.00 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
Media Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Mar 9, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Jun 6, 2024

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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 improve the utilization of quality reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health and nutrition services in selected regions.

The project comprises of four components.

The first component, supply of quality basic reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAH-N) services consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening of basic RMNCAH-N service readiness; (ii) expansion of results-based financing (RBF) for improved quality RMNCAH-N service delivery in poor-performing and climate sensitive regions; and (iii) enhancing quality through digital health services.

The second component, stimulating demand for and access to basic RMNCAH-N services consists of following sub-components: (i) expanding the district-level free health care for the poorest in low-performing and climate vulnerable regions; and (ii) strengthening community health and nutrition.

The third component, project coordination, management, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) consists of following sub-components: (i) project coordination and management; (ii) project monitoring and evaluation; and (iii) strengthening the health information system.

The fourth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will allow for the rapid reallocation of uncommitted International Development Association (IDA) grant funds in the event of an eligible emergency as defined in OP 8.00.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The overall project environmental and social risk is Moderate. 

There will be minimal infrastructure building related to access to water and solar power systems and it is envisaged that mainly small upgrades infrastructure health commodities. In these activities, any physical and/or economic displacement is not expected. The activities could generate low to moderate direct and indirect environmental and social risks and adverse impacts for project workers, the community surrounding the health centers, beneficiaries in general. Several Environmental and Social (E&S) risks and impacts have been identified like exclusion, community and occupational health and safety risks, exacerbations of gender inequalities, SEA/SH risks, medical waste production, pollution etc.

Investment Description
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A proposed credit in the amount of US$85 million and on a proposed grant in the amount of US$10 million from global financing falicity.


Contact Information
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World Bank

Zenab Konkobo Kouanda
Senior Health Specialist

Teegwende Valerie Porgo
Health Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Ministry of Budget
Facinet Sylla
Minister of Budget
facinet.sylla@mbudget.gov.gn

Ministry of Economy and Finance
Mourana Soumah
Ministry of Economy and Finance
soumah.mourana@mefp.gov.gn

Implementing Agencies

Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene
Oumar Diouhé Bah
Minister of Health and Public Hygiene
eloumargn@yahoo.fr

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