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   at winning trust and confidence of                and non-governmental organizations will
   the population, minimising panic and              also be eligible to apply for projects of
   disruption, and mobilising the public as          an inherently multi-country nature or for
   a key partner in beating the disease;             projects in countries without an ongoing
 •Surveillance and early warning systems             IBRD or IDA lending program (including
   including enhancement of laboratory and           countries in non-accrual).
   diagnostic capacity;                          5. Execution of the AHI Facility Trust
 •R ap id outbreak containment plans             Funds/Categories of Expenditures
   and operations including: (i) animal          5.1. The AHI Facility Trust Funds will
   vaccination, culling and compensation             provide grants (the “Grants”) which
   schemes, disposal, and post-culling               will normally be executed by different
   disinfection; (ii) field investigations           r e c i p i e n t s (t h e “R e c i p i e n t s”). I n
   of   human      disease    cases       and        such cases, the Bank’s Trust Funds
   clusters, implementing public health              operational policies will apply, except
   countermeasures, and enhancement of               wh e n t h e g r a nt s a r e d i s b u r s e d t o
   surge capacity;                                   those other international organizations
 •Strengthening human health systems to              with whom the Bank has agreed on
   deal with infectious disease outbreaks,           derogations from those policies. For
   especially influenza;                             activities financed under Recipient-
 •Support for reference laboratories;                e x e c u t e d G r a nt s, a l l c at e g o r i e s o f

 •Evaluation of and strengthening of the             ex p e n d it u r e s a l lowe d u n de r B a n k’s

   veterinary system and services to deal            operational policies are allowed, except

   with animal health outbreaks, especially          land acquisition.

   zoonotic diseases including Avian flu;        5.2. Upon the written request of the

 •Cross-country coordination activities;             Recipient, the Bank may act as executing

 •Capacity building at country or regional           agency for the Recipient in carrying

   levels; and                                       out the activities to be financed by

 •Monitoring and evaluation, program                 t he Gra nt. I n s uch c a s e s when t he

   management and strategy development.              act iv it ie s t o b e f i na nc e d u n der t he

 This is not an exhaustive list. Resources           Grant are Bank-executed, the eligible

 from the AHI Facility cannot, however, be           categories of expenditures would include:
 used for procurement of anti-viral drugs.           c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d t r a n s l a t i o n s,
4. Eligible Applicants                               short-term consultant fees, extended
 All member countries of IBRD and West               term consultant salaries and benefits;
 Bank and Gaza, will be eligible to apply            contractual services; equipment; travel
 for funding from this Facility. In addition,        expenses; media and workshop costs;
 international and regional organizations            where the provisions of the Bank’s policy

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