A grant of USD 200,000 provided under the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility will fund a programme of technical support to 50 district hospitals across Lao PDR to help them upgrade hygiene and infection control.
A further USD 800,000 – overseen by UNICEF – will fund procurement and delivery of essential vaccines. Representatives from WHO and UNICEF joined Lao PDR’s Minister of Health Assoc Prof Dr Bounkong Syhavong and Ambassadors from Australia, Germany and Japan at the official announcement of the USD 1 million package today.
Speaking about the overall package, Minister of Health Dr Bounkong said “The Government of Lao PDR is taking all the necessary measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic.