📋 Tender Overview
IATI identifier 46002-P-SD-IB0-004
Country Sudan
Sector Social
High 5 Improve Life of People in Africa
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign Sovereign
Environmental Category [2] Moderate Risk
Climate Safeguards Categorization [2] Projects may be vulnerable to climate risk.
Commitment (UA) 41,710,432
Project General Description
The proposed operation concerns the restructuring of the original three health projects in the Sudan Country Portfolio into one emergency health and infrastructure project with balances totaling UA 41,710,432 (ADF UA 30,364,623 and TSF UA 11,345,809) to assist in addressing the current health humanitarian crisis in Sudan. The prolonged de facto situation and ongoing conflict have adversely affected Sudan’s socioeconomic prospects. The conflict has also affected the Bank’s engagement with the Sudanese authorities, thereby holding back most of its operations in the country. The Bank’s health portfolio, which is constituted by three (3) projects, has consequently suffered considerable setbacks because of the conflict. The proposed restructuring, with the aim of working with a thirdparty implementing agency to implement the portfolio, presents an opportunity to sustain the Bank support to the people of Sudan under the ongoing active conflict and de-facto government. The restructured health portfolio will be implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO) working closely with the Federal Ministry of Health. WHO was chosen based on the track record the Bank and WHO already have in implementing health emergency projects over the years particularly during the Ebola epidemics and the most recent COVID-19 pandemic. Given the scope of proposed interventions and the complex context in Sudan, a reasonable timeframe for implementation will be 3 years.
Project Objectives
The restructured health portfolio’s overall objective, therefore, is to "Improve access to healthcare services . It aims to improve access to essential healthcare services, strengthen emergency preparedness and response, and build resilience in Sudan’s fragile health system. The specific objectives are to (a) improve access to basis essential primary healthcare services including emergency care, (b) strengthen emergency preparedness and response, and (c) build health system resilience. This builds upon and aligns with the aims of the three original projects—COVID-19 ERSP, BCISD, and IHASSP—while responding to Sudan’s current needs and priorities in a more integrated manner.
Beneficiaries
Through this, the operation aims to reach 6 million beneficiaries across Sudan, with concentrated efforts in vulnerable areas, at-risk populations while giving priority to areas that were initially targeted by the previous AfDB projects including White Nile, Kordofan, Darfur and potentially some localities in Khartoum (subject to accessibility and security).
