World Bank Support for Country Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

The World Bank has approved operations to support vaccine rollout in 78 countries amounting to US$10.1 billion. See the latest project financing, project documents and procurement information in the list below. More information will be shared here as it becomes available. Here are some additional highlights of our response:

The World Bank Group is working with partners on the largest vaccination effort in history to stop the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 2, 2020, at the initial COVID-19 response phase, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $6 billion Global COVID-19 Response Program (also called the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Program, or SPRP).
The program has reached over 100 countries with emergency operations to prevent, detect, and respond to COVID-19 and strengthen systems for public health preparedness. The timing of potential vaccine development was not known when the SPRP was approved, but global vaccine development efforts progressed rapidly.
Recognizing the need for COVID-19 vaccines, on October 13, 2020, the World Bank Board approved an additional financing of $12 billion to the SPRP for developing countries to finance the acquisition and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines (read the project paper).
On June 30, 2021 President Malpass announced the expansion of financing available for COVID-19 vaccine financing to $20 billion over the next 18 months, adding $8 billion to the previously announced $12 billion.

World Bank Vaccine Commitments
IBRD $4.94 billion
IDA $4.91 billion
Other funds* $.24 billion

*includes cofinancing from trust funds, special financing, and global facility financing

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COVID-19 Vaccines Impact

Africa: Angola turned the COVID-19 challenge into a development opportunity, by embarking on a digital transformation that positions the individual at the center of the value chain. Read more

East Asia and the Pacific: Strong partnerships and flexible financing approaches have helped countries ramp up their vaccination programs while investing in health, education, and social protection to ensure a more resilient future. Read more

Europe and Central Asia: Vaccination, jobs, and social assistance are all key to reducing poverty in Central Asia. As the pace of economic recovery picks up, countries have an opportunity to return to pre-pandemic levels of poverty reduction – if they put in place the right policies. Read more

Latin America and the Caribbean: Costa Rica's vaccination plan, one of the region's most successful, is now focusing on increasing coverage among children aged 5-11 years old, and administering third and fourth doses to boost immunity among the eligible population. Read more

Middle East and North Africa: Support for COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Yemen is also strengthening the Yemeni health system’s capacity to respond to the pandemic. Read more

South Asia: World Bank-financed Moderna vaccines have arrived in Nepal to be administered to protect children and youth from COVID-19, through immunization sites set up in schools, as well as sites to reach out-of-school adolescent populations. Read more

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Countries receiving World Bank support for vaccines

This list of countries, project documents, and procurement notices and contracts will be updated as data becomes available.

Afghanistan (Approval: March 18, 2021)
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Angola (Approval: July 29, 2021)
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Argentina (Approval: September 30, 2021)
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Bangladesh (Approval: March 18, 2021)
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Belize (Approval: February 23, 2022)
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Benin (Approval: June 28, 2021)
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Bhutan (restructured project) (Approval: April 17, 2020)
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Burkina Faso (Approval: June 28, 2022)
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Burundi (Approval: December 22, 2021)
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Cambodia (Approval: June 25, 2021)
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Cameroon (Approval: December 23, 2021)
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Central African Republic (Approval: February 25, 2022)
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Chad (Approval: September 28, 2021)
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Comoros (Approval: June 29, 2021)
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Additional financing (Approval: June 23, 2022)
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Congo, Republic of (Approval: June 2, 2021)
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Additional financing (Approval: June 29, 2022)
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Costa Rica (Approval: June 10, 2022)
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Côte d’Ivoire (Approval: April 16, 2021)
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Democratic Republic of Congo (Approval: June 29, 2021)
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Ecuador (Approval: April 1, 2021)
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Additional financing (Approval: June 27, 2022)
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El Salvador (Approval: April 16, 2021)
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Additional financing (Approval: June 15, 2022)
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Eswatini (Approval: April 16, 2021)
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Gabon (Approval: October 15, 2021)
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Georgia (Approved: June 7, 2021)
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Ghana (Approved: June 10, 2021)
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Guinea (Approval: June 29, 2021)
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Additional financing (Approval: June 23, 2022)
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Guyana (Approval: June 29, 2021)
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Haiti (Approval: May 23, 2022)
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Honduras (Approval: April 16, 2021)
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Indonesia (Approval: June 18, 2021)
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Iraq (Approval: September 24, 2021)
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Jordan (Approval: June 16, 2021)
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Kenya (Approval: June 28, 2021)
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Kosovo (Approval: June 24, 2021)
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Kyrgyz, Republic of (Approval: June 3, 2021)
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Lao PDR (Approved: June 9, 2021)
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Lesotho (Approval: June 1, 2021)
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Liberia (Approval: June 30, 2021)
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Additional financing (Approval: June 30, 2022)
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Malawi (Approval: June 15, 2021
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Additional financing (Approval: June 21, 2022)
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Mali (Approval: September 23, 2021)
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Mauritania (Approval: June 30, 2021)
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(Approval: December 23, 2021)
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Moldova (Approval: April 23, 2021
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Mongolia (Approval: February 11, 2021)
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Mozambique (Approval: June 3, 2021)
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(Approval: December 14, 2021)
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Nepal (Approval: March 18, 2021)
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Nicaragua (Approval: June 23, 2022)
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Niger (Approval: June 25, 2021)
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Additional financing (Approval: June 20, 2022)
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Nigeria (Approval: September 30, 2021)
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North Macedonia (restructured project) (Approval: September 9, 2021)
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Pakistan (restructured project) (Approval: May 13, 2021)
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Panama (Approval: March 29, 2022)
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Papua New Guinea (Approval: June 22, 2021)
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Peru (Approval: December 20, 2021)
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Philippines (Approval: March 11, 2021)
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(restructured project)(Approval: March 11, 2021)
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(Approval: December 21, 2021)
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Rwanda (Approval: April 16, 2021)
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(Approval: March 31, 2022)
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São Tomé e Príncipe (Approval: May 13, 2021)
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Senegal (Approval: June 2, 2021)
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Sierra Leone (Approval: May 28, 2021)
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(Approval: December 13, 2021)
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Solomon Islands (Approval: April 29, 2022)
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Somalia (Approval: September 28, 2021)
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Additional financing (Approval: June 29, 2022)
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South Africa (Approval: June 13, 2022)
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Sri Lanka (Approval: April 27, 2021)
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(Approval: September 24, 2021)
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Sudan (Approval: June 22, 2021)
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Togo (Approval: June 10, 2021)
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(Approval: December 21, 2021)
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Tunisia (Approval: March 26, 2021)
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Turkey (Approval: May 26, 2022)
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Yemen (Approval: June 17, 2021)
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Zambia (Approval: June 28, 2021)
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Zimbabwe (Approval: March 2, 2022)
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Background and Approach

The World Bank’s rapid mobilization of vaccine financing aims to support affordable and equitable vaccine acquisition and deployment, and to signal to potential suppliers that Bank financing is available to its clients. Such a commitment provides an incentive to the vaccine manufacturers to supply developing economies at affordable prices. All eligible Bank client countries (IBRD/IDA) can access the vaccine financing within their current lending envelopes for IDA countries and exposure limits for IBRD. The World Bank Group is working in global solidarity with COVAX, WHO, UNICEF and other partners at global and country levels to support IDA and IBRD countries. This financing can be used by countries to make payments to COVAX, including the purchase of additional doses beyond the COVAX-provided 20% as countries aim for higher levels of coverage.

IFC’s $4 billion Global Health Platform is supporting private companies in delivering health products and services – including vaccines to developing countries. This includes investments in vaccine manufacturers to foster expanded production of COVID-19 vaccines in low- and middle-income countries, with production reserved for emerging markets; ability to invest in production to address other potential bottlenecks, including vials, needles and syringes, and cold storage capacity; support for mapping COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity.

The approach draws on the World Bank Group's expertise in supporting large scale immunization programs for vaccine preventable diseases, as well as public health programs to tackle infectious diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases.

Assessing Readiness:

The Bank is working with partners to assess the readiness of countries’ health systems for vaccine deployment and identify gaps and areas for possible investment. This allows the Bank to support each country’s priority needs. The assessments involve analysis of policy and regulatory capacities, data and tracking systems, health infrastructure, including cold chains and training of health workers. Assessments are already underway in more than 140 countries.

Vaccine eligibility:

As the threshold for eligibility for IBRD/IDA resources in vaccine purchase, the Bank accepts either (i) regular or emergency licensure or authorization from at least one of the SRAs identified by WHO for vaccines procured and/or supplied under the COVAX Facility, as may be amended from time to time by WHO; or (ii) WHO Prequalification (PQ) or WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL).

Vaccine purchase:

Collective purchase mechanisms, such as participating in COVAX;
Direct purchases by countries from vaccine manufacturers;
Purchase of excess stocks from other countries that reserve excess doses.

Vaccine distribution:

To help countries get ready to deploy vaccines and strengthen their health systems, Bank financing is used to establish policies for safe and effective deployment, expand storage and build cold chains, develop data and tracking systems, train health workers and build trust in immunizations through citizen and community engagement.