The World Bank is providing $100 million to Ghana to assist the country in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
This $100 million will be made available to the government as short, medium and long-term support.
This financing package includes $35 million in emergency support to help the country provide improved response systems.
Under this emergency package, the World Bank will support the Government of Ghana to help prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through the Ghana Emergency Preparedness and Response Project (EPRP).
The EPRP will help strengthen Ghana’s National Laboratories by providing robust systems for the early detection of COVID-19 cases and providing real-time disease surveillance and reporting systems of outbreaks.
It will also improve response systems by providing social and financial support and free health services to COVID-19 patients and families who are isolated or quarantined.
Finally, the project will focus on risk communications and community engagement for increased awareness and compliance with prevention measures engaging the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Information and other agencies.
Source:Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
