![]() THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an additional financing package of US$42 million (about K153.21 million) to support the delivery of affordable and high-quality health services in Papua New Guinea. The second additional financing package for the Health Services Sector Development Programme comprises a concessional loan worth US$35 million (about K127.69 million) and a US$7 million (about K25.53 million) grant sourced from the Asian Development Fund (ADF), which provides grants to ADB’s poorest and most vulnerable developing member countries. “For over a decade, ADB has been supporting PNG’s health system to deliver improved rural health services,” ADB senior health specialist Inez Mikkelsen-Lopez said. “The second additional financing builds on ADB’s prior investments in the rural health sector on training, management capacity building, and climate-smart civil works.”
The original investment programme aims to achieve a more sustainable and efficient healthcare system, including building two district hospitals and six health centres, which would benefit over 250,000 people living in remote areas. The first additional financing, through a co-financing grant from the Australian government, expanded the scope of health facility upgrades, by extending the network of rural health services to include one more health centre and eight community health posts. This second additional financing will scale up the project by extending the network of rural health services to include an additional district hospital. The ADB financing will also help establish a national reference laboratory to improve diagnostic and regional surveillance capacity and extend health workforce training. Statement/TheNational/PNGfacts Also read Comments are closed.
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