To help countries tackle the health, social and economic impacts of the pandemic, the World Bank has to date committed more than $1.8 billion in overall support to the region. Like Tajikistan, all countries in Europe and Central Asia have been severely affected by COVID-19.
The Bank has since provided an additional $21.2 million in financing to further strengthen Tajikistan's COVID-19 response, help vulnerable households, procure and distribute vaccines, and scale-up earlier interventions.
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In April 2020, the Bank approved $11.3 million in financial support to help strengthen healthcare capacity, provide emergency cash assistance to poor households, and communicate effectively to the public about how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Tajikistan, one of the poorest countries in the Europe and Central Asia region, was among the first countries to receive emergency support from the World Bank to respond to the pandemic. Four out of ten Tajik households have reported they were forced to reduce their consumption of food, while one in five families have said they were unable to obtain medical care. Like her family, the poorest households around the country had to significantly cut back on essential needs in order to get by from day to day.
Nyozmoh Mirzoeva and her grandson outside their home, Tajikistan (Photo: World Bank)Ĭompounding the enormous challenges facing Nyozmoh, the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly across Tajikistan in mid-2020.