April 21, 2021: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) would provide US $14.5 million PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment) to Pakistan to help contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a UNICEF document, it is supporting the Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, to procure PPEs test kits and medicines for a total value of US $ 14.5 million with funding support from World Bank (US $ 8.5 million), Asian Development Bank (US $ 0.5 million) and Gavi The Vaccine Alliance (US $ 5.5 million).
The PPEs will be distributed to hospitals, isolation centers, quarantine areas and front-line vaccinators. So far PPEs worth US $ 2 million have been delivered and handed over to the ministry of national health services regulations and coordination (MNHSR&C) for distribution.
UNICEF is arranging the shipment of more PPEs through WFP Transport Common Services to arrive through Karachi, on behalf of MNHSR&C. The WFP flights are being made available for free to all COVID-19 response humanitarian actors.
A total of 168 test kits(1,000 tests per kit) with a total value of US $ 2.4 million, funded from World Bank funding are expected to arrive in Pakistan.
