Belarus: Belarus Emergency Response and Public Healthcare Support Project

on hold

The Project is proposed under the COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility (CRF) of AIIB. AIIB's support will help the Government of Belarus scale up its ongoing efforts to respond to the health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and be better prepared for future disease outbreaks. The Project will consist of the following two components: Component 1: Strengthening national health system, in particular, to fight the Emergency COVID-19 pandemic. This component will finance procurement and installation of essential diagnostic and life-supporting medical equipment for the selected health facilities across Belarus. These include lung ventilators, mobile blood collection systems, CT scanners, MRI and X-ray machines, ultrasound machines, higher-class ambulances, and other critical equipment. It will enhance the capacity of controlling/containing the ongoing pandemic and strengthen the national health system and its preparedness to future public health crises. Component 2: Project management support. This component will support the mobilization of the administrative and human resources needed to implement the Project, monitor and evaluate its progress. It will finance additional cost of consultants associated with project management, procurement, financial management (FM), environmental and social safeguards, monitoring, reporting, and operating and administrative costs.