Providing health check-up for an ethnic minority woman (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The on June 20
approved an to help Vietnam improve basic health service
quality and access, especially in disadvantaged areas.
The
Investing and Innovating for Grassroots Health Service Delivery Project is
designed to enable commune health stations (CHS) to start detecting and
managing non-communicable diseases while strengthening their existing role in
controlling infectious diseases and providing essential maternal, newborn and
child health care services.
It
is expected to benefit around 9.2 million people in 13 provinces, namely Ha
Giang, Bac Kan, Yen Bai, Son La, and Hoa Binh (in the north); Quang Binh, Quang
Tri, Quang Ngai, and Ninh Thuan (in the central region); and Long An, Tra Vinh,
Hau Giang, and Bac Lieu (in the south).
Ousmane
Dione, World Bank Country Director for Vietnam said: “while health outcomes and
access to have improved tremendously for the general
population, disadvantaged groups, especially ethnic minorities and those living
in poor, remote, and mountainous provinces, still lag behind.”
Therefore,
the project is designed to target these groups by closing remaining gaps in
access to basic healthcare while expanding new services to address emerging
demographic and epidemiological challenges.
In
addition to the 80-million-USD loan provided through the International
Development Association, the financing package also includes grants totaling 25
million USD. These comprise 17 million USD from the Global Financing Facility
for Women, Children and Adolescents to soften the interest rate of the loan, 5
million USD from the Integrating Donor-Financed Health Programs Multi-Donor
Trust Fund and 3 million USD from the Tackling Non-Communicable Diseases
Challenges in Low and Middle-Income Countries Multi-Donor Trust Fund. In-kind
contributions from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance will also be provided.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
