AFD agrees to fund $20m COVID-19 health emergency response project.

ISLAMABAD -- The total funding provided by Planning Commission to the MoNHSRC since the start of the epidemic has reached $613 million as Agency Francaise de Development (AFD) has agreed to fund $20 million COVID-19 health emergency response project.

A meeting held at the Planning Commission approved the COVID-19 health emergency response project for which the financing was provided by the AFD (Agency Francaise de Development). The project was approved at a cost of $ 20 million.

The meeting was chaired by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Muhammad Jahanzeb Khan. The DG Health informed the forum that the AFD funds for the health project will be utilized for effective, and efficient COVID19 case management, up gradation of existing health facilities or setting up new facilities where needed, and strengthening capacity of the health workforce. The funds will also be used for strengthening of the health management systems i.e. inventory control, disease surveillance, standard protocols, etc, as well as provision of equipment to meet the national requirements.

Member Social Sector, Dr Shabnum Sarfraz informed that with approved of this project, the total amount of funds awarded by the Planning Commission to the MoNHSRC since the start of the epidemic has now reached to USD 613 million. She said that the Government of Pakistan has made substantial funding available to...

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