The following are the expected outcomes:

1.            To save lives, leaving no one behind, with a strategic focus on the most vulnerable in society as an entry point to improve protection of children, adolescents, women and adults, and people including those with disabilities and those forcibly displaced, with full consideration of specific gender needs.

2.            To improve accountability, good governance, transparency and sustainability in the provision of quality essential health services and increase devolution to ensure appropriate outreach and capacity at all system levels.

3.            To strengthen health security to prevent, detect and respond to health threats, including strengthening health sector preparedness against emerging diseases.

4.            To strengthen climate resilient and environmentally sustainable primary health facilities.

Implementation progress

• The duration of the action is indicatively 48 months. The total amount of the EU contribution is estimated at EUR 41 000 000 and will be executed through indirect management with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as Fund Manager and implemented by UNICEF, The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Health Organisation (WHO) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). The Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisation (GAVI) may contribute towards the pool fund in the future.