BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 2
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
USAID will continue to support Azerbaijan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the USAID office in Azerbaijan told Trend.
The recent additional $1 million funding was awarded to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
WHO will expand the ongoing PROACT-care project to improve the infection prevention efforts of primary health care facilities and increase their capacity to maintain essential health services.
In collaboration with the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society, IFRC will help vulnerable communities in Azerbaijan adopt infection prevention practices to contain the spread of the coronavirus and provide psychosocial support to cope with the ongoing challenges posed by the pandemic.
With the additional funding, the United States has now provided $6.6 million to support Azerbaijan’s response to the immediate and longer-term health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“These funds supported the training of 1,300 health workers; provided food and hygiene parcels to more than 80,000 people from 16,000 families in Baku and the regions of Azerbaijan; and expanded communications outreach to more than 3 million people on preventative measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus,” the USAID official said.
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