Strengthening Disease Surveillance Systems, Laboratory Capacity, and Staff Skills in Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Coordination

Members of the Cooperative Agriculture Maraicher for Boulbi, nurture their fields of vegetables, as they water and hoe the fields in Kieryaghin village, Burkina Faso on November 8, 2013
Strengthening Disease Surveillance Systems, Laboratory Capacity, and Staff Skills in Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Coordination

For general inquiries: the_pandemic_fund@worldbank.org

  • Region
    Region
  • Location
    Country
  • Building
    Implementing Entities
  • Funding
    Amount Approved (US$) $19,349,000
  • Funding
    Total Co-financing
    (in kind & in cash) (US$)     $18,430,844
  • Funding
    Total Co-investment
    (in kind & in cash) (US$)     $10,025,206

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Strengthening Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response through the One Health Approach

Children looking out on terraced fields. Bhutan.
Strengthening Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response through the One Health Approach


Background

Landlocked in the South Asia region—a region considered one of the global hotspots for emerging infectious diseases—Bhutan is highly vulnerable to disease outbreak threats of pandemic potential. Despite the country’s ongoing health and socio-economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, critical gaps persist in disease surveillance, detection, and coordination response.  

For general inquiries: the_pandemic_fund@worldbank.org

  • Region
    Region
  • Location
    Country
  • Building
    Implementing Entities
  • Funding
    Amount Approved (US$) $4,950,676
  • Funding
    Total Co-financing
    (in kind & in cash) (US$)     $12,912,908
  • Funding
    Total Co-investment
    (in kind & in cash) (US$)     $24,153,745

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Rwanda

Prof. Claude Mambo MUVUNYI is the Director General of Rwanda Biomedical Centre. He has more than 10 years of technical, managerial, and strategic experience and expertise in the field of clinical and public laboratory medicine with special focus on clinical microbiology, laboratory systems and service strengthening, and global health security. 

Philippines

SECRETARY RALPH GONZALEZ RECTO DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE Ralph Gonzalez Recto is the current Secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF) and Member of the Monetary Board, the highest policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), representing the government. 

Guyana

The Honourable Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Health has been practicing medicine in Guyana since 1993.  In addition to being in clinical practice over the years, Minister Anthony taught at the University of Guyana as an adjunct professor in Public Health and consulted for several organisations in this field. From 2006 to 2015, he served the people of Guyana as the Minister of Culture Youth and Sports, and as the shadow Minister of Health from 2015 to 2019.  

China—Saudi Arabia

Mr. Saud M. AlBarrak is the Director General of International Financial Institutions at the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in Saudi Arabia. He also serves as the Saudi Deputy-Deputy in the G20 Finance Track and acts as the lead representative at the International Financial Architecture Working Group. Prior to this role, he held the position of Director of the Multilateral Development Banks and Funds Department at MoF. Between 2019 and 2020, he served as a Policy Advisor at the Saudi G20 Presidency. Mr.

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