Улаанбаатар
WB donates PPE set under COVID-19 Emergency Response Project
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The World Bank Country Manager Andrei Mikhnev today handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) worth about USD 1 million to the Ministry of Health.
The ‘Mongolia COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness’ project, with a total financing of USD 26.9 million, is being realized since April, 2020. The project helps coronavirus infection prevention, community participation, human resource development, and provide medical and laboratory equipment, reagents, and personal protective equipment.
The PPE, purchased under the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Response Facility Grant, will be used by the public officers at high-risk screening points and health care providers in selected areas.
The PPE set includes:
• Single use gloves - 4,103,000 pieces
• Single use masks -218,000 pieces
• Protective clothing -36,000 pieces
• N95 masks -28,500 pieces
• Glasses – 6,000 pairs
• Face shields -6,000 pieces.
An additional financing of USD 50.7 million for the Mongolia COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Project has been approved to be provided to Mongolia on February 11, 2021, with aims to help provide affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and to further strengthen preparedness and response activities under the parent project.
