Restoring Hope, Saving lives: COVID-19 Response Project in Yemen
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In war-torn Yemen, the World Bank s International Development Association (IDA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) worked together through the Yemen COVID-19 Response Project (YCRP) to support and strengthen the country s preparedness and response to the pandemic. The project supports early detection and screening for the virus, provides essential medicines and medical equipment to treatment centers, and builds the capacity of human resources to respond to the pandemic in Yemen. In 2020, 37 isolation units across the country were established and supplied with medicines and medical equipment to provide treatment and handle severe cases of COVID-19. Specialized Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) were trained and deployed to 84 high priority districts to detect and respond to COVID-19. Additionally, YCRP has supported the country s diagnostic capacity with six national laboratories to conduct a polymerase chain reac
Cabo Verde’s Social Safety Net: Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis through Temporary Cash Transfers to the Poorest Households
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As a response to the negative economic effects resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Cabo Verde rapidly provided temporary cash transfers from July-December 2020 to 5,450 households, using its existing social protection delivery systems. A further expansion is underway to reach a total of 20,000 households between January and June 2021, of which over 80 percent are female-headed households. These cash transfers will enable them to better cope with the crisis.
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Strict containment measures were adopted in March 2020, and a state of emergency was declared for the first time in the country to reinforce the COVID-19 containment measures. Cabo Verde was one of the hardest hit countries in the region in terms of the economic downturn. The economy was projected to contract by 11 percent in 2020, and the pandemic was expected to h
Protecting Children from Learning Loss: Sierra Leone’s Experience with Distance Learning and Keeping All Students Safe
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The World Bank Free Education (FREE) Project protects children in Sierra Leone from learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project provides: distance learning to 1.4 million children, of which half are girls; sensitization campaigns regarding COVID-19 prevention, gender-responsiveness, and back-to-school arrangements; school safety protocols and psychosocial support guidelines to all of the 11,000 primary and secondary schools, as well as training for 22,000 teachers; hygiene and safety products for all 11,000 schools; annual School Census 2020; and a legal and policy framework to support the inclusion of all children in Sierra Leone.
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Acting Early, Fast and Together: Mobilizing Efforts to Prepare and Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ethiopia
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The COVID-19 outbreak occurred alongside political unrest and other public health emergencies in Ethiopia. The Ministry of Health and the Ethiopia Public Health Institute developed an Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (EPRP) for the pandemic. The plan aims to strengthen the surveillance system and response capacity to early detect and respond to the possible importation of an outbreak. To help contain the spread of the virus, the government declared a State of Emergency on April 8, 2020. It introduced measures such as a nationwide ban on gatherings of more than four people, making the wearing of masks compulsory outdoors, and regulating the operation of transportation services, hotels, and restaurants under reduced capacity. While the preparedness for the outbreak response was continu