Additional Financing for Cameroon COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Project

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The Project consists of four components to support the government to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness in selected regions in Cameroon. The Project components directlyrespond to the National COVID-19 Response Plan and the National Vaccine Deployment Plan of the government: 1) Component 1–Emergency COVID-19 Response – focuses on case management of COVID-19 cases through enhancing capacity of designated healthfacilities to ensure adequate case management for severe and critical COVID-19 patients through procurement of medical equipmentand commodities. It will also finance COVID-19 vaccines secured via AU/AVAT mechanism for 13 percent of the population anddeployment costs for 40 percent of the population; 2) Component 2 – Supporting National and Sub-national Prevention andPreparedness – will support improvement of disease detection and confirmation capacities through provision of trainings andtechnical expertise, strengthen surveillance systems to ensure prompt case finding and contact tracing. It will also strengthenlaboratory and testing capacity in Cameroon to manage large-scale testing for COVID-19 ; 3) Component 3 – Community Engagement andRisk-Communication – finances a comprehensive behavior change and risk communication intervention to support the reduction of thespread of COVID-19, generate demand for the vaccine and address vaccine hesitancy among the population; and 4) Component 4 –Implementation Management and Monitoring and Evaluation.