Additional Financing to the Honduras COVID-19 Emergency Response Project

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Given the global scarcity of vaccines supplies, this AF aims to support Honduras' timely access to and deployment of vaccines to support COVID-19 control efforts in the short term. The Project components are aligned with the objectives of the COVID-19 SPRP and will support the Government’s capacity to detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19. The specific activities financed by the AF will support the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines as well as its deployment following the Honduras' "National Plan for the Deployment of Vaccines against COVID-19". It is anticipated that the project will be implemented with support from UN agencies and other partners. The AF will add resources to Component 1 to finance the procurement of vaccines and support their deployment, as well as to Component 2 to support the general implementation of the Project and Monitoring and evaluation functions. The Project will be implemented through a Project Implementation Unit in the Ministry of Health (SESAL). Overall governance challenges continue to constrain the Government’s capacity to lead and implement all aspects of the emergency response. There is a multiplicity of actors (domestic entities and bilateral as well as international agencies) that would be involved in COVID-19 response efforts, and coordination across these actors is difficult. The Government, with the support of partners such as IDB, is coordinating the different supports to maximize complementarity and minimize potential overlaps.