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- Gesundheit - Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen
Loan to finance a range of health sector interventions to support the national emergency preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Barbados.
The objective of the operation is to help the Government of Barbados meet emergency needs in the health sector related to COVID-19, as well as financing of pandemic preparedness medium-term interventions included in the national response plans. The project is key: first, to save human lives and second, to prepare the system for a further escalation and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, which is already happening.
The Bank will require the Promoter to ensure that the implementation of the project will be done in accordance with the Bank's Environmental and Social principles and standards.
The Bank will require the Promoter to ensure that implementation of the project will be done in accordance with the Bank's Guide to Procurement.
The project will contribute towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 5 (Gender Equality) and SDG 1 (No Poverty), to which both the EU and the EIB are fully committed.