Second Additional Financing for the Mauritania COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Project (SPRP)

active

Prospective

The Ministry of Health (MoH) with the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed and is implementing Mauritania’s National COVID-19 preparedness and Response Plan. The plan focuses on scaling-up and strengthening all aspect of preparedness and response, including coordination, surveillance, case management, communication and social mobilization, psychosocial response, logistics and safety. Its implementation is already supported by the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) Project (IDA-D3140). Activities that will be financed under the COVID-19 Fast-Track Facility will be coordinated by the MoH with the support of WHO to ensure that gaps are covered and duplication is minimized. The proposed Project will address critical, country-level needs for preparedness and response for COVID-19. The scope and the components of this project are fully aligned with the COVID-19 Fast Track Facility and adapted to the country’s urgent preparedness and response needs related to the COVID-19 outbreak. The proposed Project will consist of two components supporting the country’s detection and response efforts in the fight against COVID-19. It will support activities aimed at strengthening the country’s capacity to: (i) identify, isolate, and provide care for patients with COVID-19 in a timely manner to minimize disease spread, morbidity and mortality; (ii) prepare and strengthen the health system for increasing levels of demand for care; and (iii) provide timely, transparent and evidence-based information to support healthcare interventions. The total Project cost, including this proposed second Additional Financing (AF), is US$40.2 million, of which US$0.8 million is in counterpart funding (CF) from the Government of Mauritania. This 2nd AF will scale up the parent project’s (PP) activities, as well as the first AF (P176526), to better respond to the threat of COVID-19 in Mauritania and to prepare immunization systems for the deployment of COVID-19 vaccine. The 2nd AF will strengthen the national immunization and related health delivery system in a way that will promote an effective COVID-19 response and generate, as far as feasible, long-lasting resilience. Purchasing vaccines is just one step in a complex, multi-dimensional effort that involves detailed planning and implementation of a vaccine deployment program in Mauritania. This includes a variety of issues, such as effective microplanning, safe and appropriate transportation, storage, training, ancillary materials, registration, effective vaccine logistics and a suitable information management system. Technical assistance services, training, social mobilization campaigns, and mechanisms that remove demand-side barriers to access are also essential to foster confidence and promote the early up-take of vaccines.

FY17 - Health

World Bank Group

Project

Warehouse, Government