Senegal COVID-19 Response Project

The development objective of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Response Project for Senegal is to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Emergency COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Response, aims to provide immediate support to Senegal to prevent COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and to limit local transmission through containment strategies. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Case Detection, Confirmation, Contact Tracing, Recording, Reporting; (ii) Health System Strengthening; and (iii) Social and Financial Support to Households. 2) The second component, Community Engagement and Risk Communication, aims to support activities that will ensure effective risk communication and community engagement to raise public awareness and knowledge on prevention and control of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) among the general population. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Community Engagement for Prevention; and (ii) Comprehensive Behavioral Change and Risk Communication. 3) The third component, Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation, has two sub-components: (i) project management and (ii) monitoring and evaluation.