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World Bank approves US$105 Million Grant for Faster Epidemic Containment in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The World Bank Group\u2019s (WBG) Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$105 million grant to finance Ebola-containment efforts underway in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n

This is also to help families and communities cope with the economic impact of the crisis, and rebuild and strengthen essential public health systems in the three worst-affected countries to guard against future disease outbreaks.<\/p>\n

The new grant is part of the US$200 million Ebola emergency mobilization first announced by the WBG in early August.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”lG4FZG4QS1POb3cVG4EDk1q0YEWFlMrS”]The WBG said that its new Ebola Emergency Response project will mobilize US$52 million for Liberia, the country with the highest number of Ebola infections, US$28 million for Sierra Leone, and US$25 million for Guinea.<\/p>\n

The allocations were calculated according to the World Health Organization\u2019s Roadmap and assessments of the relative severity of the epidemic in each country.<\/p>\n

The WBG said that it would almost certainly mobilize more financing for the countries since \u201cthe immediate response is still significantly under-resourced for the purposes of curbing the outbreak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presenting the new project to the WBG Board of Executive Directors, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, a medical doctor trained in treatment of infectious diseases, said the Ebola grant would have a long-term regional development impact.<\/p>\n

He said it was an important part of a coordinated international response led by the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world needs to do much, much more to respond to the Ebola crisis in these three countries,\u201d said President Jim Yong Kim. \u201cThis new World Bank grant, which will arrive soon in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, will have an immediate, positive impact on their collective Ebola containment campaigns. I would like to personally thank our Board of Directors for responding so quickly to this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

In its project document for the new operation, the WBG notes that Ebola-related restrictions on people\u2019s movements, \u201cis leading to food crises in the quarantined and most affected areas where the three countries intersect.<\/p>\n

In the Mano River region, food insecurity is spreading rapidly. More than 1 million people in the region are facing a food crisis in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, as the crisis continues to evolve, this threat may spread to other areas due to quarantine or other disruptions in movement of goods and people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Up to 40% of the new grant, which is financed by the WB\u2019s IDA* Crisis Response Window that normally helps poor countries recover from severe natural disasters or economic crises, could be used for retroactive financing of eligible Ebola containment efforts in the three worst-affected countries.<\/p>\n

Ebola-fighting priorities
\nThe new project will finance key priorities in the three countries to: (i) implement their Outbreak Response Plans while also provide essential health services during the outbreak; (ii) help them to secure sufficient numbers of national and international health workers for their outbreak response and the provision of essential health services; and provide essential food and water to quarantined families and communities, and other Ebola-affected households.<\/p>\n

The funds will then be deployed by the three governments with the support of UN agencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot praise the dedication and sacrifice enough of the health workers who form the backbone of the Ebola containment efforts in West Africa.<\/p>\n

This new WBG operation will provide them with the protective clothing and other medical equipment to keep them safe from the Ebola infection and will allow them to focus with more peace of mind on their frontline duty of delivering care and treatment to their patients,\u201d says Makhtar Diop, the World Bank\u2019s Vice President for Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also want to acknowledge the tireless work of the three governments in trying their best to contain this epidemic which as we know is the largest and most persistent Ebola outbreak anywhere in Africa since it was first discovered in 1976.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Diop, the new project will finance:
\n\u2022Hazard\/indemnity pay to health personnel, including volunteers, who work in emergency treatment centers and referral centers.
\n\u2022In-country medical care to exposed health workers.
\n\u2022Death benefits to families of exposed health workers.
\n\u2022Recruitment, training, and deployment of expatriate medical doctors, nurses and other medical and paramedical personnel.<\/p>\n

The WBG says there are currently no significant salary arrears for health care workers in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, but that the project could also be used to finance regular salaries for health workers in the event that governments come under financial pressure as a result of the economic impact of the Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n

In addition, the WBG grant will help contribute to rebuilding and strengthening essential public health systems and health service delivery in West Africa, including disease surveillance and preparedness.<\/p>\n

This support will be critical to prevent the spread of the Ebola epidemic to neighboring countries as well as to enable more timely and effective regional pandemic response in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cContaining the Ebola epidemic has been hampered by the already fragile health systems in the affected countries. In turn, this is putting recent health gains in the region at serious risk,\u201d said Dr. Timothy Evans, World Bank Group Senior Director for Health, Nutrition, and Population.\u00a0 \u201cTo stop this epidemic and prevent future outbreaks, we need to ensure that these countries have the necessary trained health workers, essential supplies, and effective systems in place to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feeding Quarantined Communities\u00a0<\/b>
\nThe WBG says its new project will improve access to food and other basic supplies for Ebola-affected households in the quarantined areas and other \u201chot zones\u201d in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Initially, this component will look to help as many as 395,000 people affected by Ebola in quarantined areas and other \u201chot zones.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project will make sure food and safe drinking water are available \u201cto prevent rapid deterioration of the worst-affected population\u2019s food security and nutritional status.\u201d<\/p>\n

With WBG financing, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) would provide a food package to meet people\u2019s full caloric and micronutrient requirements.<\/p>\n

Provision of other basic supplies (e.g safe water, chlorine) will be determined in line with each country\u2019s evolving needs in the quarantined areas, \u201chot zones\u201d as well as Ebola-affected households.<\/p>\n

For patients in hospitals or observation centers, WFP will provide cooked meals through health partners in charge of the facilities. For the rest of the beneficiaries, the WFP would provide take-home dry rations to entire communities.<\/p>\n

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Source: World Bank Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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