The current portfolio amounts to US$216 million and includes an additional US$3.3 million grant from GAFSP and two investment projects. The COVID-19 Emergency Response Project has supported health preparedness and response through the provision of equipment to health centers, vaccination, and booster dose administration. The Emergency Response to Hurricanes Eta and Iota focused on the recovery of housing, rural roads, and artisanal fisheries.
Through the Integrated Public Provision of Health Care Services Project, Nicaragua established plans to improve the quality of medical care and prevent chronic diseases at the primary care level. The results include the training of 2,518 health workers, the creation and equipment of entomology labs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases, and the implementation of hospital waste-management plans in 34 of the country’s 64 hospitals.
In previous years, road (US$131.8 million), education (US$69 million), and land administration (US$50 million) projects were successfully completed. More than 200 km of roads were built, rehabilitated, and maintained, and three key bridges were constructed to address safety issues related to climate events.
In the education sector, activities were implemented to enhance education quality through constructing and renovating school infrastructures, building capacity for teachers, introducing digital classes in 80 schools, and translating texts into several indigenous languages.
Lastly, in Land Administration, the third project in a twenty-year intervention in the sector continued the integration of the property registry and cadaster, titling of properties, and demarcating protected areas.
Last Updated: Oct 6, 2025