World Bank awards US$25 million grant to Tajikistan for the purchase and supply of COVID-19 vaccines
Date
3/15/2022 5:46:28 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The government of Tajikistan and the World bank have signed an
agreement on awarding a US$25 million grant for the purchase and
supply of COVID-19 vaccines, Trend reports with reference to Asia-Plus .
The document was signed here yesterday by Mr. Faiziddin
Qahhorzoda, the Minister of Finance of Tajikistan and Mr. Ozan
Sevimli, World Bank Country Manager for Tajikistan.
This grant is additional funding for the Tajikistan Emergency
COVID-19 Project, to further strengthen Tajikistan's heath care
capacity and protect vulnerable population groups in response to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
The objective of the Emergency COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Project is
to prepare and respond to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in
Tajikistan. There are four components to the project, the first
component being strengthening intensive care capacity. As COVID-19
(Coronavirus) will place a substantial burden on inpatient
services, this component will strengthen clinical care capacity by
financing specialized intensive care units in selected hospitals,
the procurement of medical supplies and equipment, training, and
minor refurbishment required to upgrade and expand capacity to
treat patients with the most severe manifestations of COVID-19
(Coronavirus). This component includes two subcomponents: infection
prevention and control and improving and establishing ICUs. The
second component is the multisectoral response planning and
community preparedness. This component will support information and
communication activities to increase the attention and commitment
of government, private sector, and civil society, and to raise
awareness, knowledge and understanding among the general population
about the risk and potential impact of the pandemic and to develop
multi-sectoral strategies to address the pandemic. The third
component is the temporary social support for vulnerable household.
This component will finance targeted, nutrition-sensitive cash
transfers to provide time-limited support to vulnerable households,
particularly food insecure households with young children where
food price shocks caused by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic can
negatively affect children's nutrition status and jeopardize the
human capital investments being made by the Government of
Tajikistan and the WB. This component will finance the cash
transfers, and cover the costs of benefit administration, including
the cost of expanding capacity of the beneficiary data base.
The original Tajikistan Emergency COVID-19 Project was approved
in April 2020 to support Tajikistan's response to COVID-19.
According to data of the World Bank, about 53 percent of adult
population of Tajikistan has got one COVID-19 vaccine shot to date
and 48 percent of the country's adult population has reportedly got
both COVID-19 vaccine shots to date.
Additional funding will help the country eliminate the vaccine
shortage and meet the recent national target to vaccinate all
citizens over the age of 12.
Currently, the World Bank is financing 23 projects in Tajikistan
totaling at US$1.29 billion. Since 1996, the World Bank has
provided over US$2.3 billion in IDA grants, highly concessional
credits, and trust funds for Tajikistan. The World Bank Group is
committed to continuing its support for Tajikistan as it strives to
improve the lives and meet the aspirations of its young and growing
population.
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