Project profile — COVID-19 Emergency Response for Rural India

• India (100.00%)

• Health: COVID-19 control (12264) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to reduce coronavirus (COVID-19) related mortality and morbidity in marginalized rural communities, focusing on women, widows and girls in the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states in India. The project helps respond to the threat of COVID-19 by supporting and strengthening the capacity of the local health system, delivering essential health services and providing an awareness program. Project activities include: (1) creating a safer environment in rural schools through protective, monitoring and hygiene measures; (2) providing community level monitoring kits; (3) delivering various COVID-19 awareness messages; and (4) offering virtual counselling sessions for people affected by COVID-19 and post-COVID complications. This project expects to cover 1,000 rural communities spread across the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It expects to reach 300,000 direct beneficiaries by improving access to COVID-19 precautions and awareness. It should also reach 1.25 million indirect beneficiaries. This project works in partnership with Bala Vikasa.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased equitable coverage of health care services for people infected with COVID-19; (2) improved rural communities’ response to and recovery from COVID-19 that include specific measures for women, girls and those experiencing marginalization or vulnerability; (3) strengthened COVID-19 preparedness and equitable response by governments and key stakeholders, especially for those experiencing marginalization and/or vulnerability.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2022) include: (1) access to monitoring kits, such as thermometers and oximeters, benefited 332,695 people (of whom are 114,901 women and 217,794 men); (2) 3,500 people (of whom are 1,715 women and 1,785 men) gained access to nutritious food; and (3) 28,736 people (of whom are 134,368 women and 134,368 men) received COVID-19 awareness messages. 2,216,630 people in 1015 rural communities were also indirectly benefited from the awareness messages.

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