Additional Financing Eswatini COVID-19 Emergency Response Project

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The project components are aligned with the objectives of the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Program (SPRP), which adopts a multi-phase programmatic approach (MPA). This emergency project comprise 3 components: (i) Emergency COVID-19 Response; (ii) Strengthening Capacity in Preparedness for Health Emergencies; and (iii) Implementation Management and Monitoring and Evaluation. The components aim to strengthen Eswatini’s health system preparedness to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and potential future emergencies. Each component will include climate-change adaptation measures and will address gender issues, as necessary. The proposed project will be financed by an IBRD loan of US$11 million and a grant of US$3 million, using an Investment Project Financing (IPF) instrument under the multiphase programmatic approach (MPA), over a four-year period.