Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project - P173867
02/21/2021 | 01:18am EDT
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Required fields The development objective of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project for Sri Lanka is to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness. This project has five components. 1) The first component, Emergency COVID-19 (Coronavirus)Response, aims to focus on limiting local transmission of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) by strengthening. The project abstract is drawn from the PAD, SAR or PGD and may not accurately reflect the project s current nature
Let’s continue investing in Sri Lanka’s future generations
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The World Bank is supporting Sri Lanka to improve human capital development so that future generations can achieve their full potential. This is the result of the country’s commitment and long-track record of achievement in health and education, as evidenced by the country’s universal network of schools and high primary and secondary school enrollment and almost universal coverage of maternal and child health services.
And Sri Lanka has been able to achieve these impressive results even though spending on health, education and social protection as a percentage GDP is a lot less than its regional peers and LMICS.
World Bank extends support to Maldives’ workers impacted by COVID-19
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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 25, 2021 The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved additional financing of $21.6 million to further help Maldives mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on poor and vulnerable workers and their families.
The additional financing will be utilized to expand the existing COVID-19 Emergency Income Support Project, which was approved by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors in June 2020 with funding of $12.8 million. It will help finance the extended duration of the Government’s COVID-19 Income Support Allowance scheme by continuing to provide temporary support of up to MVR 5,000 (approximately $322) per month to workers who have lost their jobs or income as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID potion in Sri Lanka puts a minister, who publicly drank it, in the hospital. This made a self-styled Sri Lankan holy man s supposed healing potion turn sour.
Last month, thousands defied public gathering restrictions to swamp a village in central Sri Lanka to get Dhammika Bandara s COVID potion. Herbal remedies are widely available in Sri Lanka, and at least 15,000 people turned up at the man s home over four days of sales in December, a local official said, the report explained.
Piyal Nishantha de Silva, Minister of Women and Child Welfare, was among many politicians who ingested the concoction and drank the COVID potion. Still, on Tuesday, parliamentary officials said he had tested positive for coronavirus since then and had taken it to a treatment center.