Second Additional Financing for Kenya COVID-19 Health Emergency Response Project

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COVID-19 has been spreading across the world since December 2019, with Kenya reporting its first confirmed case on March 13, 2019. Since then the number of confirmed cases have increased to seven. COVID-19 poses significant impact on lives, economic losses and food and nutrition, particularly in low-and-middle income countries like Kenya.The Kenya COVID-19 Emergency Response project is the Phase 1 of the Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach for Strategic Preparedness and Response Program which aims to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness.The proposed components are as follows:Component 1. Medical Supplies and Equipment [US$ 8,472,519]: This component aims to improve the availability of supplies and equipment needed to respond to COVD-19 and other public health emergencies and strengthen the capacity of the MoH to provide timely medical diagnosis for COVID-19 patients. Component 2. Response, Capacity Building and Training [US$ 8,759,720]: This component aims to strengthen response capacity and build capacity of key stakeholders including health works and communities. Component 3. Quarantine, isolation and treatment centers [US$ 12,676,400]. This component will strengthen the health systems capacity to effectively provide IPC and case management of COVID-19 cases. Component 4. Medical waste disposal [US$ 3,387,600]: This component will ensure the safe disposal of waste generated by laboratory and medical activities. Component 5. Community discussions and information outreach [US$4,960,059]: Advocacy, communication and social mobilization is an integral component of strengthening surveillance and response to health emergencies. This component will ensure there is a two- way communication between the government and the population. Regular communication is essential in building trust and increasing community support and engagement on the response to enable compliance with public health recommendations. Component 6: Availability of safe blood and blood products for transfusion Services [US$ 10,000,000]: This support will go towards strengthening the capacity of the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service (KNBTS) to provide safe blood and blood products. Component 7. Project Implementation and Monitoring [US$ 1,743,702]: This support will finance activities for program implementation and monitoring by providing additional resources, to strengthen coordination and management capacity of the project.