Cabo Verde: COVID-19 Emergency Response Project

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This Project Appraisal Document (PAD) describes the emergency response in Cabo Verde under the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness And Response Program (SPRP) using the Multi-phase Programmatic Approach (MPA), approved by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directorson March 20, 2020. The Project is structured around two complementary components, which will support the Government of Cabo Verde in the implementation of its National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan. The project will provide immediate support to the government of Cabo Verde to prevent COVID-19 from arriving into the country or limiting local transmission. The Project will finance laboratory equipment, diagnostic supplies to ensure prompt case finding, adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and laboratory personnel, increasing the number of available beds, equipping intensive care units, providing treatment and life-support equipment to national and regional tertiary and secondary hospitals, as well as creating response capacity for primary health care facilities in isolated geographic areas.