Burundi Health Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Resilience Project

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The project will support the implementation of Burundi's section, under Phase II of the Health Emergency (HE) Preparedness, Response, and Resilience Program (the ‘HEPRR Program’) using the Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) with an overall financing envelope of US$1 billion Equivalent, approved by the World Bank’s Executive Directors on September 29, 2023 (P180127, Report No: PAD5376). The Phase-1 I provided financing for Kenya, Ethiopia, Sao Tome and Principe, the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.Burundi's envelope will be US$50 million. The project's components are as follow:Component 1: Strengthening the Preparedness and Resilience of Regional & National Health Systems to Manage Health Emergencies. This component will support the strengthening of essential institutions and activities that directly contribute to the resilience of the health systems to cope with HEs and complement other HSS activities conducted by the Government, other World Bank operations and development partners. Component 2: Improving early detection of and response to HEs through a multisectoral approach. This component will finance expenditures related to strengthening operational readiness and capacities across the critical subsystems to respond to HEs.Component 3: Project Management. This will finance (i) M&E, (ii) the learning agenda and (iii) other aspects of program management, equipment, and coordination.Component 4: CERC, to be activated as needed based to support immediate response to an Eligible Crisis or Emergency.”