Kuala Lumpur, 28 November 2023 – As part of the Stockpile Project, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) nominates the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) as the Project Implementing Agency (PIA) for a two-years collaborative project worth USD 10 million aimed at strengthening preparedness and response to COVID-19 and other Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) in five partner countries namely Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and the Philippines. In selecting these five countries, the IFRC has prioritized countries at high risk of disasters caused by natural hazards, the effects of which have been made worse by climate change, resulting also in high risk of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
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