Democratic Republic of Congo Health Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Resilience Project

active

A brief summary of the areas of investment relevant to DRC and within the scope of the approved menu of activities described in the Program PAD is provided below. The Project will implement activities in targeted provinces, building on the World Bank’s earlier health sector investments.Component 1: Strengthening the Preparedness and Resilience of the Health System to Manage Health Emergencies (US$51.19 million equivalent). This component will support the strengthening of essential institutions and activities that directly contribute to the resilience of the health systems to cope with Health Emergencies and complement other health systems strengthening (HSS) activities conducted by other World Bank and partner investments. The component has four sub-components: (i) Multisectoral and cross-border planning, financing, and governance for improved resilience to Health Emergencies; (ii) Health workforce development; (iii) Access to quality health commodities; and (iv) Information systems for HEs and the digitalization of the health sector.Component 2: Improving the detection of and response to Health Emergencies through a multisectoral approach (US$ 173.12 million). This component will finance expenditures related to strengthening operational readiness and capacities across the critical subsystems to respond to Health Emergencies. This will have three subcomponents: (i) Collaborative multisectoral surveillance and laboratory diagnostics with a focus on completeness, accuracy and gender disaggregation; (ii) Emergency management, coordination, and essential service continuity including for RMNCAH services; (iii) Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE), empowerment, and social protection during Health Emergencies; (iv) Performance-Based Financing (PBF) for Free Access to Maternity and Newborn care during deliveries; and (v) Climate change adaptiveness, emergency preparedness and response.Component 3: Program Management (US$ 25.68 million equivalent). The component will finance expenditures related to Monitoring and Evaluation, the program learning agenda including building a body of evidence on gender in Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PPR) and program implementation and coordination.Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) (US$0). This component will facilitate access to rapid financing by allowing for the reallocation of uncommitted project funds in the event of a natural disaster in a country, either by a formal declaration of a national emergency or upon a formal request from the government.