Background

This is a complementary grant extended by African Development Bank to ten affected and high risk countries in western and central Africa and two others in eastern Africa.
Managed through AU/IBAR, it aims at support for early detection of outbreak and emergency response actions with regard to the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).

Countries benefiting from the grant are Egypt, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Niger, Togo, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Sudan and Djibouti. Egypt has however opted for a self management of its grant.

The awarded grant is US$ 500 000, of which US$ 300 000 was assigned to the activities related to the Animal Health component whose technical and financial coordination is ensured by AU/IBAR, and US$ 200 000 assigned to the Human Health component coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO).