Kathmandu: The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced an additional $8.5 million in emergency response funding to combat the soaring cases of COVID-19 disease in Nepal and to support the Nepali people to get through the second wave.
According to a press note released Friday, the additional assistance will help intensify Nepal’s COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and case investigation, treatment, infection control and prevention, border control, and other work at the federal, provincial and municipal levels.
USAID will also scale-up its response at the community level, supporting the most vulnerable. Assistance will include support to households and families through life-saving COVID-19 counseling and referrals, nutrition counseling, health care access, ensure the continuity of critical HIV services, and mitigate the secondary impacts of COVID-19.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the U.S. has stood with the people of Nepal in the ongoing fight against COVID-19. With USAID’s latest provision of emergency funding, the U.S. government reaffirms its commitment to the strong and collaborative 70-year partnership between the U.S. and Nepal.
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