ADB Provides Grant To Enhance Tajikistan's Healthcare Sector
Date
9/8/2024 10:06:15 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, September 9. The Asian
Development bank (ADB) has approved a $30 million grant to enhance
maternal and child healthcare services in Tajikistan, Trend reports.
According to the bank, the maternal and child health integrated
care grant will support the construction of a 40-bed maternity
hospital in Ayni, an 80-bed maternity hospital in Dangara, and a
100-bed central district hospital in Darvoz with climate-friendly
features such as energy-efficient medical, heating, and cooling
technology.
The project will also strengthen the management and training of
health workers, refine tools and processes for perinatal services,
and pilot case-based financing to make hospitals' financing
mechanisms more efficient.
Earlier, the ADB has approved a $17.5 million grant to help
improve women's agricultural skills and boost food security in
Tajikistan.
The resilient livelihoods and empowerment of rural women project
aims to improve productivity of women-led farms, strengthen
agriculture processing and storage facilities, and enhance support
to vulnerable women in Bokhtar, Farkhor, Kulob, Pyanj, Shahritus,
and Vose districts of Khatlon province.
Tajikistan joined ADB in 1998. ADB has supported a wide range of
sectors from strategic road and energy infrastructure to health,
education, agriculture, urban development, public sector
management, and finance for a total of over $2.6 billion in
assistance, including over $2 billion in grants.
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