Angola COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness And Response Project

The development objective of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Strategic Preparedness and Response Project for Angola is to prevent, detect, and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness. The project comprises of four components. The first component, support to the COVID-19 response will provide support to the Government of Angola (GoA) to respond to the COVID-19 epidemic during this current second wave of COVID-19 transmission which began in May 2021. It consists of following sub-components: (i) case detection, laboratory confirmation, contact tracing, recording, reporting; and (ii) health systems strengthening. The second component, COVID-19 immunization will provide financing to support the purchase and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening supply chain and cold chain; (ii) procurement of COVID-19 vaccines and related consumables; and (iii) COVID-19 vaccine service delivery. The third component, community engagement and risk communication for demand creation will prevent elite bias and increasing community confidence in vaccines are crucial to acceptability and improved participation in the response to COVID-19. The fourth component, project implementation and monitoring will strengthen the existing functional governance and COVID-19 immunization implementation structure at the national directorate of public health, which will be the key technical agency for project implementation.