14 November 2021 – The Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project is the successor to the Yemen Emergency Health and Nutrition Project and it will be implemented in Yemen by WHO, UNICEF and UNOPS with the fund and support of World Bank. The Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project approval date is 30 June 2021, and the expected closing date is 30 June 2024.
The project's development objective is to provide essential health, nutrition, water, and sanitation services to the population of Yemen. The project will protect and preserve the human capital of Yemen by continuing to support the provision of essential services; support core public health and population-based interventions, as well as restoring water supply and sanitation services, including response to emergencies and disease outbreaks; and build national and local capacities/institutions for health, nutrition and WASH service delivery and system management in Yemen.
The project components and the responsible implementing agency are outlined below.
Component 1: Improving Access to Healthcare, Nutrition, and Public Health Services. This component aims to continue to ensure the delivery of Minimum Service Package (MSP) services and strengthen the integration of the primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare and community levels through four subcomponents described below.
Subcomponent 1.1: Improving Access to MSP Services at Primary Healthcare Level (implemented by UNICEF).
Subcomponent 1.2: Improving Access to Essential Preventive and Curative Nutrition Services (implemented by UNICEF).
Subcomponent 1.3: Improving Access to the MSP at Secondary and Tertiary Healthcare Levels (implemented by WHO).
Subcomponent 1.4: Sustaining the National Health System Preparedness and Public Health Programs (implemented by WHO).
Component 2: Improving Access to Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) and Strengthening Local Systems (implemented by UNOPS).
Component 3: Project Support, Management, Evaluation and Administration (implemented by UNICEF, WHO, and UNOPS).
The environmental and social documents applicable to the project are described below.
Environmental and social commitment plan
The environmental and social commitment plan sets out material measures and actions that need to be carried out throughout the entire project cycle to comply with the World Bank's environmental and social standards.
Environmental and social commitment plan
Updated 20 July 2023 | Updated 1 August 2022 | Updated 3 July 2023
Arabic (updated October 2023)
Environmental and social management framework
The environmental and social management framework assists implementation of the Project inside Yemen through the development of necessary plans in accordance with the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework and proposes a clear delineation of responsibilities in compliance with the project's Environmental and Social Commitment Plan.
In addition to describing the rules, regulations, and guidelines applicable for the project, the framework outlines the procedures to identify and mitigate the environmental and social risks and impacts associated with the project's activities during the various implementation stages.
Environmental and social management framework
Updated July 2023 | updated 1 August 2022 | Updated 3 July 2023
Arabic (updated October 2023)
Medical waste management plan
The medical waste management plan overall objective is to prevent and/or mitigate the negative impacts of infection and medical waste on human health and the environment. The plan includes advocacy for good practices in infection control and medical waste management and is to be used by health, sanitary and cleaning workers who manage medical waste in project-supported health care facilities. The plan also includes good practices and procedures for waste segregation, storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal.
Medical waste management plan
Updated 20 July 2023 | updated 1 August 2022 | Updated 3 July 2023
Arabic (updated October 2023)
Labor management procedures
The labor management procedures have been prepared in line with the requirements of the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Standard ESS2, Labor and Working Conditions. The procedures detail the types of project worker as well as the applicable labor rules and regulations.
The procedures outline the key labor risks, mitigation measures and occupational health and safety requirements, as well as key administrative controls, applicable for the Yemen COVID-19 Response Project that need to be applied so that the workers will be protected from any adverse impacts resulting from activities implementation.
Labor management procedures
Updated 20 July 2023 | updated 1 August 2022 | Updated 3 July 2023
Arabic (updated October 2023)
Stakeholder engagement plan
As per the Word Bank's Environmental and Social Standard ESS10, Stakeholders Engagement and Information Disclosure, the implementing agencies should provide stakeholders with timely, relevant, understandable, and accessible information, and consult with them in a culturally appropriate manner, which is free of manipulation, interference, coercion, discrimination, and intimidation.
The stakeholder engagement plan, jointly prepared by WHO, UNICEF and UNOPS, defines a roadmap for stakeholder engagement, including public information disclosure and consultation of safeguard instruments, throughout the entire project cycle. The plan outlines the ways in which the project team will communicate with stakeholders and includes a mechanism by which people can raise concerns, provide feedback, or make complaints about project and any activities related to the project.
Stakeholder engagement plan
Updated 20 July 2023 | updated 1 August 2022
Arabic (updated October 2023)
Environmental and social management plan for diesel fuel supply
Environmental and social management plans consist of the set of mitigation, monitoring and institutional measures to be taken during implementation and operation of an activity to eliminate adverse environmental and social risks and impacts, offsets them, or reduce them to acceptable levels. The environmental and social management plan of the project comprises the following document:
Environmental and social management plan for diesel fuel supply
Updated 20 July 2023 | Updated 30 April 2022 | Updated 3 July
Arabic
Environmental and social management plan for maintainance of mental health facilities
The environmental and social management plan for maintainance of mental health facilities has 4 components: 1) improving access to health, nutrition, and public health services; 2) improving access to water supply and sanitation and strengthe