Armenian health ministry and World Bank prolong disease prevention and control program
08.10.2019,
17:19
Armenia's Health Minister Arsen Torosyan and a World Bank team met today in Yerevan to look into the current status of a World Bank-financed program designed to prevent and control diseases in the country.
YEREVAN, October 8. /ARKA/. Armenia's Health Minister Arsen Torosyan and a World Bank team met today in Yerevan to look into the current status of a World Bank-financed program designed to prevent and control diseases in the country.
The World Bank team presented a draft amendment to prolong the earlier signed agreement. The parties discussed also a set of issues regarding the construction of hospitals in the regions, the acquisition of equipment and screening financing.
They also discussed a study visit to South Korea were Armenian and Georgian delegations will sign a memorandum with the Korean Health Insurance Evaluation Service for twinning cooperation. At the end of the meeting, the guests said in the future it is planned to cooperate with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the field of improving emergency medical care.
The provision of a $35 million loan to Armenia under the disease prevention and control program was approved by the World Bank Council in March 2013. The total funding for the program is $45 million, of which the Armenian government provided $8.2 million, as well as $1.8 million was additionally funded by the Trust Innovation Healthcare Fund in the form of a grant.
The program is designed to help Armenian ministry of health protect the health of mothers and children, prevent non-communicable diseases (diabetes, hypertension, cervical cancer) at the primary care level, diagnose and treat diseases in the early stages, as well as increase the effectiveness of hospitals and improve the quality of their services. -0-
The World Bank team presented a draft amendment to prolong the earlier signed agreement. The parties discussed also a set of issues regarding the construction of hospitals in the regions, the acquisition of equipment and screening financing.
They also discussed a study visit to South Korea were Armenian and Georgian delegations will sign a memorandum with the Korean Health Insurance Evaluation Service for twinning cooperation. At the end of the meeting, the guests said in the future it is planned to cooperate with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the field of improving emergency medical care.
The provision of a $35 million loan to Armenia under the disease prevention and control program was approved by the World Bank Council in March 2013. The total funding for the program is $45 million, of which the Armenian government provided $8.2 million, as well as $1.8 million was additionally funded by the Trust Innovation Healthcare Fund in the form of a grant.
The program is designed to help Armenian ministry of health protect the health of mothers and children, prevent non-communicable diseases (diabetes, hypertension, cervical cancer) at the primary care level, diagnose and treat diseases in the early stages, as well as increase the effectiveness of hospitals and improve the quality of their services. -0-
