Cabo Verde: COVID-19 Emergency Response Project

The development objective of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Emergency Response Project is to prepare and respond to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in Cabo Verde. This project has two components. 1) The first component, Emergency COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Prevention, Preparedness and Response, aims to provide immediate support to Cabo Verde to prevent COVID-19 from arriving into the country or limiting local transmission through prevention of person to person transmission through adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and laboratory personnel. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Prevention of new COVID-19 (Coronavirus) cases and propagation; (ii) Strengthen national and sub-national COVID-19 (Coronavirus) case detection; and (iii) Strengthen national system for public health preparedness and response. 2) The second component, Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation (M and E) aims to support the coordination and management of project activities, including procurement of goods and their distribution across health facilities within Cabo Verde.