Abstract:
Project Description: This Project is the Third Additional Financing for the Ethiopia COVID 19
Emergency response project (P173750). It will support the costs of expanding activities of the
Ethiopia COVID-19 Emergency Response Project under the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness
and Response Plan (SPRP) using the Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA), approved by
the Board on April 2, 2020, the AF to the SPRP approved on October 13, 2020 and the second
AF effective on March 1, 2022. The primary objective of the AF is to provide upfront financing
for vaccine acquisition and deployment to enable affordable and equitable access to COVID
vaccines and effective vaccine deployment in Ethiopia, including strengthening the vaccination
system and further strengthening preparedness and response activities under the parent project.
