OPEC Fund Annual Report 2020

THE OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Annual Report 2020

Objectives

To help provide social safety net programs for the vulnerable, day laborers and informal workers, as well as healthcare staff.

To support the Public Healthcare Emergency Response Program, focused on strengthening hospitals, clinics and healthcare centers, nationwide.

To help the government extend its COVID-19 Food Assistance Program in both urban and rural areas, and provide hygiene and cleaning supplies to vulnerable communities.

To strengthen disease surveillance and treatment systems, implement mass screening programs and purchase diagnostic tests, laboratory equipment and drugs for hospitals and COVID-19 treatment centers.

To support containment and treatment measures and the expansion of nationwide quarantine services, including the purchase of medical supplies and equipment, and providing salaries for medical personnel.

To support strategic food commodity imports.

To support government investment in hospital equipment, medical supplies, training for health personnel, and communication and health education efforts.

To provide support programs for employees of MSMEs, loans to SMEs and a financing program for entrepreneurs and micro- and small-sized traders, benefiting around 6,000 MSMEs.

For on-lending to SMEs in El Salvador.

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