COVID-19 RESPONSE FACILITY
IMPACT
HEALTH SERVICES
SOCIAL PROTECTION INITIATIVES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT SUPPORT
In South Sudan , 3,900 workers were equipped with PPE ; and there was a stock of two tons of gloves and aprons awaiting distribution to 18 health care facilities .
In Ethiopia , the daily testing capacity improved from 3,000 at the beginning of the outbreak to 12,400 by December 2020 .
In Niger , food aid benefited 2,052,000 people .
In Burkina Faso , direct transfers of cash resources benefited 32,250 households out of a target of 43,000 vulnerable households .
In Cote d ’ Ivoire , Ghana , and Senegal , governments subsidized water and electricity payments for several months , benefiting close to 1 million citizens in each country .
Sixteen countries benefited from business tax deferrals / reductions . In Togo 570,000 people benefited from a cash transfer system .
In Mozambique , USD 10 million supported 7 companies involved in different agricultural value-chains , to protect jobs and livelihoods .
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