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Maubin-Phyapon Road Rehabilitation Project The Maubin Phyapon road section will be reconstructed to 2 lanes with appropriate width shoulders, suitable for all standard highway traffic. 

The proposed project aims to (i) improve access to and within the Ayeyarwaddy Delta by rehabilitating 54.5 km of road between Maubin and Phyapon, the principal north-south artery on the eastern edge of the Ayeyarwaddy Delta, and (ii) provide an essential transport link connection to economic, health, education, and employment opportunities. The addition of landing points at the numerous locations where waterways meet the road, the agricultural hinterland of this part of the delta region, will be made more accessible and improve the lives of many of the region's poor through increased opportunities for income generation and improved rural livelihoods.
Greater Mekong Subregion East–West Economic Corridor Eindu to Kawkareik Road Improvement Project The Asian Development Bank (ADB), at the request of the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, provided financial assistance for the improvement of 66.4 kilometer (km) of road between Eindu and Kawkareik, in Kayin State. The project road will be improved to the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) road network standard of two lanes with appropriate width paved shoulders, suitable for all standard highway traffic. The section will require complete reconstruction, with some short sections of realignment for improved vehicle operating speed and road safety. The project also includes design features for climate resilience in this flood-prone area, including raising the road to a level that takes into account potentially higher future flood levels to provide year-round access.
As a project due diligence for ADB financial support to the project, a technical assistance grant was provided to assist the government in the preparation of the project, including engineering, economic, social and environmental safeguards and financing requirements of the project.
Equipping Youth for Employment Project Building on ongoing Asian Development Bank (ADB) technical assistance (TA) support, the proposed Equipping Youth for Employment Project (EYE) -- formerly titled Preparing Youth for the Workplace Sector Development Program -- will provide cohesive support to secondary education subsector (SES) and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) reforms, to ensure these subsectors are mutually aligned and collectively serve Myanmar s evolving labor market and socioeconomic context. [[FOOTNOTE: In partnership with Australia via 2 cofinanced TAs, ADB is the only development partner organization (DPO) currently supporting SES, and is one of a small number of DPOs supporting TVET, with ADB providing support via these TAs as well as a TVET-focused TA financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction. ]] The Project will combine policy-level and investment-level support for rationalization of SES and TVET and address key interlinked challenges in subsector management, access, and quality and relevance via 3 outputs: (i) policy frameworks and capacities for cohesive, workforce-responsive SES and TVET enhanced; (ii) new SES curriculum delivered and access expanded; and (iii) new TVET programs introduced and access expanded. The Program will provide programmatic support to nationwide reforms, as the main support to SES within the forthcoming National Education Strategic Plan (NESP) for 2016-2021 and closely coordinated with other development partner organization (DPO) support for TVET. The EYE is included in ADB's Myanmar country program for 2016.
Irrigated Agriculture Inclusive Development Project The sector project will increase agricultural value added by improving irrigation and strengthening agricultural value chains in three regions of Myanmar's central dry zone (CDZ).  It will support the development of district-wide agricultural value chains and the modernization of irrigation systems in Magway district of the Magway region, Shwebo district of the Sagaing region, and Meiktila and Yamethin districts in the Mandalay region during a 7-year implementation period. The irrigation system rehabilitation and modernization component will cover about 20,000 hectares (ha) and benefit about 24,000 households.   Parallel to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) project, cofinancing from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) will strengthen local, regional, and national capacity for integrated water resources management (IWRM).
COVID-19: Greater Mekong Subregion Health Security Project (Additional Financing) The additional financing project will support implementation of the government's Health Sector Contingency Plan for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Additional financing expands the overall project scope to encompass a further 19 district and 12 township hospitals requiring immediate investment to upgrade clinical care, infection prevention and control, and human resource capacity for responding to COVID-19 and other emerging disease threats. These 31 hospitals are located across the country's 14 states and regions, with 24 hospitals strategically selected for their accessibility to ethnic populations. Activities under the additional financing, all of which fall within the scope of the ongoing project, will be consolidated and delivered under a new project output for efficiency in administration and monitoring.
Connectivity Infrastructure Development Project The project involves investments in various infrastructure facilities in Myanmar which will improve connectivity of people and goods such as telecom, flotilla, port and airport, and distribution and logistics, which Yoma Strategic Holdings (Yoma) plans to make over the next two years.
Second Greater Mekong Subregion Highway Modernization Project The project to develop a new arterial highway between Bago and Kyaikto of about 70 kilometers (km), along the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) East West Economic Corridor (EWEC).
Yangon City Water Resilience Project The project is aligned with the following impact: Yangon City''s urban resilience and liveability enhanced. The project will have the following outcome: Yangon City''s security of water supply reinforced. The project's output are (a) Bulk water transmission system constructed. The project will complement YCDC''s strategic plan by increasing its supply of raw water from Ngamoeyeik reservoir to Nyaungnhapin WTP by one-third from 613.5 MLD to 818 MLD. These interventions will secure and expand existing water services. As the majority of YCDC''s customers depend on this supply, it is important to secure this source against system vulnerability and to build deeper operational resilience. The project will finance construction of new facilities to transfer about 818 MLD of water including (i) an intake structure at Ngamoeyeik reservoir; (ii) an on-line pumping station 900 meters downstream of the intake structure; and (iii) a 34 km pipeline of 2.4 m diameter from Ngamoeyeik reservoir to the WTP; and (b) Institutional sustainability strengthened. The project will strengthen institutional sustainability of YCDC to deepen reliability of its water services by supporting establishment of YCDC's subsidiary water authority, WRWSA. It will support YCDC capacity building in critical areas, such as water systems operational management and climate change responsiveness. The project will support YCDC to optimize its operating efficiency by expanding its metered water service, improving its collection efficiency, and improving customer service. Also, as YCDC is considering options for a new tariff strategy, the project will provide targeted support to assist in the enhancement of the self-financing capacity of YCDC.
Support for Myanmar's Reforms for Inclusive Growth The policy-based loan will support Myanmar's re-engagement with global markets through key reform priorities aimed at generating broad-based, sustainable and inclusive economic growth. The reform priorities include transformational changes to macroeconomic policy institutions, first steps to enhance transparency and integrity in tax administration and public financial management (PFM) for better service delivery, business climate reforms, and trade liberalization. Reform priorities also include efforts to provide the foundation for promoting inclusive growth through human capital development and initiating market-based incentives for raising farm productivity and incomes.
Myingyan Natural Gas Power Project The Project entails the construction and operation of a 225 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Myingyan, approximately 500 km North of Yangon and 90 km West of Mandalay.
Third Greater Mekong Subregion Corridor Towns Development Project The proposed project will upgrade basic infrastructure and strengthen urban management capacities to develop the towns of Mawlamyine in Mon State, and Hpa-An and Myawaddy in Kayin State as competitive economic nodes along the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC).
Power Network Development Project The project will construct (i) 16.6 km transmission line between Ahlone and Thida substations with a 230/66/11kV 150 MVA Ahlone substation and 230/66/11kV (3x150 MVA) GIS Thida substation; (ii) 286km Mawlamyine-Ye-Dawei transmission line with 230/66/11kV (2 x 50 MVA) Ye substation and 230/66/11kV (2 x 50 MVA) Dawei substation; and (iii) upgrade and construct 48 new 66/33/11kV substations with 843 km distribution lines in the following states and regions: Aeyawardy, Bago, Mon, Kayin and Rakhine. The project will also install a computerized transmission asset management systems (CAMS) and a computerized customer billing system (CCBS) to improve operational efficiency and reduce losses in the transmission and distribution systems.
Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project The project will help Mandalay further grow as the cultural, educational, and economic hub of Upper Myanmar and act as a national economic center. This approach will foster balanced national development by reducing the concentration of population and economic activities in Yangon and promoting economic growth in Mandalay Region and its surroundings. The project impact will be improved urban environment and public health in Mandalay. The outcome will be improved access to sustainable urban services in Mandalay. Project outputs are (i) improved water supply systems, (ii) improved wastewater and drainage management, and (iii) strengthened capacity for urban services management.
Myanmar Flood Emergency Response Project The project provides $3 million grant under the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF) as emergency assistance to the Government of Myanmar. This is in response to its appeal to the international community for relief and rehabilitation assistance in the aftermath of severe flooding, flash floods and landslides in several parts of Myanmar caused by heavy monsoon rains in July 2015.   The condition was aggravated by Cyclone Komen that made landfall in neighboring Bangladesh, which brought strong winds and heavy rains to Myanmar resulting in further floods, landslides and wind damage in 12 out of the 14 states and regions across the country. According to initial figures from the Government?s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, over 1.3 million people have been affected and at least 106 people are confirmed to have died across the country, and the flooding so far has damaged more than 773,000 acres of farmland. To restore live-saving services to affected communities and to augment aid provided by other donors in times of national crisis. The adverse impact of the floods, both in terms of number of affected people and physical damage, has laid bare and compounded the existing capacity gaps in the country. Moreover, continuing monsoon rains are expected to cause major rivers to overflow and exacerbate the existing flood conditions.
Climate-Friendly Agribusiness Value Chains Sector Project The proposed project supports fulfilling the government's Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS), 2018-2023 and the National Export Strategy, 2015-2019 by boosting competitiveness in value chains for rice, beans, pulses, and oilseeds in the Magway, Mandalay, and Sagaing regions in the central dry zone (CDZ). The project will increase climate resilience for critical rural infrastructure, promote quality and safety testing capacity, strengthen technical and institutional capacity for climate-smart agriculture (CSA), and create an enabling policy environment for climate-friendly agribusinesses. The project will reduce food insecurity and rural poverty, increase smallholders' incomes and access to markets, and improve resource efficiency and environmental sustainability for agribusinesses.
COVID-19: Active Response and Expenditure Support Program The CARES Program, under the CPRO of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), will help the Government of Myanmar fund critical public expenditures to mitigate the adverse impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Honduras - Malaria - United Nations Development Programme Honduras - Malaria - United Nations Development Programme - UNDP HQ.
Moving the HIV and TB responses towards 95-95-95 and sustainability with a focus on key and vulnerable populations Honduras - TB/HIV - Cooperative Housing Foundation - CHF.  This program has the following goals: Garantizar el acceso universal con calidad y calidez a servicios de promoción, prevención y tratamiento de la infección por VIH y la Tuberculosis, a todas las personas que lo necesitan, vinculando las intervenciones al plan nacional de acción de derechos humanos a través de una respuesta multisectorial. / Guarantee universal access with quality and warmth to services for the promotion, prevention and treatment of HIV infection and tuberculosis, to all those who need it, linking interventions to the national human rights action plan through a multisectoral response.. The objectives of this program are: Detectar al menos el 85 por ciento de los pacientes con tuberculosis para 2025, de acuerdo con las estimaciones de la OMS. / Detect at least 85 percent of TB patients by 2025, according to WHO estimates..  Reducir la mortalidad por tuberculosis en un 50 por ciento para 2025, en comparación con 2015. / Reduce TB mortality by 50 percent by 2025, compared to 2015..  Disminuir en por lo menos un 50% el número estimado de PVIH fallecidas por causas relacionadas al Sida. / Decrease by at least 50% the estimated number of PLHA dying from AIDS-related causes..  Disminuir a 5% o menos la prevalencia de VIH en HSH. / Decrease HIV prevalence in MSM to 5% or less..  Desarrollar actividades de prevención y control de la TB en población vulnerable. / Develop TB prevention and control activities in vulnerable populations.
Strengthening the END TB Strategy in Honduras Honduras - Tuberculosis - Ministry of Health of the Republic of Honduras - MOH.
Honduras - Tuberculosis - United Nations Development Programme Honduras - Tuberculosis - United Nations Development Programme - UNDP HQ.
Honduras - HIV - Cooperative Housing Foundation Honduras - HIV - Cooperative Housing Foundation - CHF.
Focused Surveillance Strategy and DTIR to support the national goal of Malaria Elimination Honduras - Malaria - Cooperative Housing Foundation - CHF.  This program has the following goals: Cero casos autoctonos de Malaria en el año 2022 / Cero indigenous malaria cases in 2022. The objectives of this program are: Desarrollar un solido sistema de vigilancia en el nivel local (microestratificación), subnacional y nacional de malaria. / Develop a robust malaria surveillance system at the local (microstratification), sub-national and national levels..  Garantizar cobertura universal y calidad del diagnostico, tratamiento e investigación de casos y focos. / Guarantee universal coverage and quality of diagnosis, treatment and investigation of cases and foci..  Promover el manejo integrado de vectores diferenciado por estrato epidemiologico / Promote integrated vector management differentiated by epidemiological strata..  Fortalecer el papel del Sistema de Salud, incluido el papel de la comunidad. / Strengthen the role of the Health System, including the role of the community.
Strengthening the National Response for Health Protection and Promotion in HIV/AIDS with an emphasis on OVC. With 0.7 percent of the population estimated to be HIV positive, Honduras has a concentrated HIV epidemic, with specific populations showing significantly higher prevalence rates than the general population and a generalized epidemic on the North coast of the country. The overall goals of the program supported by this grant are to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS, improve and maintain the rate of survival among PLHIV who are undergoing antiretroviral treatment (ART), decrease mother-to-child transmission and improve quality of life, and reduce HIV/AIDS impact among the national estimated orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC). The program is achieving these goals by undertaking HIV/AIDS prevention measures through community outreach and behavioural change communication, targeting youth/school students, pregnant women, commercial sex workers, men having sex with men, prisoners, and the adult Garifuna population. The grant is providing HIV/AIDS prevention measures and supportive environment to PLWHA by reducing stigma. Additionally, the grant provides ART, training service to deliverers in caring for HIV patients, and service delivery points for ART. The program is guaranteeing OVC access to prevention, care and support services through a standardized package of basic services. The program is also using the grant to promote strategic alliances and organization of networks through the coordination amongst implementing partners.
Honduras - HIV - United Nations Development Programme Honduras - HIV - United Nations Development Programme - UNDP HQ.
Honduras - Malaria - Cooperative Housing Foundation Honduras - Malaria - Cooperative Housing Foundation - CHF.
UZB.S4 Coordination, coherence and convening The ECOSOC Resolution (E/RES/2013/11) cites the Joint Programme as an example of good practice for the UN as a whole to enhance strategic coherence, coordination and results-based focus and country-level impact in the post-2015 period. In 2016-2021, the Joint Programme will support a ‘One United Nations’, working closely with Cosponsors, maximizing comparative advantages at country level in relation to other development partners, and supporting national efforts to Fast-Track the AIDS response towards ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030. The Secretariat will broker, strengthen and leverage synergy and accountability between technical support mechanisms and providers of essential HIV services
(2022-2023) UZB.S5 Governance and Mutual Accountability The UNAIDS Secretariat mobilizes, facilitate and support Member States’ and other PCB stakeholders’ equal and effective engagement in the work and governance of the Joint Programme and in its contribution to deliver on the Global AIDS Strategy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Lead the Joint Programme’s mutual accountability mechanisms for results and resources, including quality reporting.
(2022-2023) UZB.S1 Leadership, advocacy and communications The UNAIDS Secretariat engages political leaders, high level platforms, activists, champions and other key stakeholders to maintain and enhance the multisectoral response, in order to address the multidimensional nature of the global AIDS epidemic and in support of ending AIDS, reducing inequalities and accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
UZB.S2 Effective and inclusive partnerships for impact and sustainability The UNAIDS Secretariat continues to strengthen dialogue between governments, affected communities, and other stakeholders for progressive global policy. The evolving context and development agenda demands a renewed Joint Programme approach to partnerships
UZB.S3 Strategic information for an evidence informed response and global political agenda The UNAIDS Secretariat advocates for and facilitates the generation of strategic information for an optimally effective, evidence-informed, rights-based and gender-sensitive AIDS response. The Secretariat provides guidance on the collection of relevant data through surveillance, surveys and programme monitoring, collects and synthesizes key data on the epidemic and the response to track and evaluate progress towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030
UZB.S5 Mutual accountability The Secretariat is responsible for ensuring mutual accountability of the Joint Programme to optimally deliver on the Joint Programme’s shared mission, vision and Strategy. This demands strategic coherence, a results-based focus, alignment of resources with corporate priorities, and ensuring that the Joint Programme speaks with one voice. In collaboration with partners, the Joint Programme will work to generate political momentum and capital to position AIDS and the Joint Programme in the wider post-2015 development agenda and leverage the unique experience of the Joint Programme to strengthen effective UN governance, in particular by strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030, as provided in the SDGs
(2022-2023) UZB.S3 Strategic information In accordance with its mandate to collect pertinent data from countries and report progress towards global HIV response targets, the UNAIDS Secretariat leads the HIV response tracking and reporting, support the identification of inequalities in the HIV response and enhance countries’ strategic information capacities on the HIV epidemic and response with regards to: epidemiological status; demographic impact; HIV financial flows and expenditures; prevention, treatment and care gaps; laws and policies and the scale-up and implementation of monitoring and evaluation efforts.
UZB.S1 Leadership, advocacy and communication to fast track the AIDS response The UNAIDS Secretariat continue its leadership role to establish an inclusive, result-driven global agenda for the Strategic Directions outlined in the UNAIDS Strategy for 2016-2021. It works across all Action Areas in collaboration with convening Cosponsors according to UNAIDS Division of Labour. The Secretariat raises awareness, advocates and builds commitment for Fast-Tracking the AIDS response to end the epidemic by 2030. Through leadership and advocacy the Secretariat works to keep HIV high on the global agenda and builds the vision, momentum and foundations for robust, sustainable political commitment to predictable and fully financed AIDS responses with higher returns on HIV investments
(2022-2023) UZB.S4 Coordination, convening and country implementation support Building on the accumulated expertise, systems and partnerships of the HIV response and on broader health and development efforts, the UNAIDS Secretariat works with countries and communities to strengthen national mechanisms for effective coordination and coherence. UN Joint Teams on AIDS in countries and other regional interagency mechanisms support inclusive and sustainable national HIV responses that promote a whole-of-government and whole-of society efforts to end inequalities and end AIDS as a public health threat. Together with communities and duty bearers, the Joint Teams use an inequalities lens to identify people who are being left behind and to urgently reduce the inequalities, inequities and exclusion experienced by people living with, affected by and at risk of HIV, including in humanitarian or other extreme circumstances.