ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has signed an agreement to borrow 100 million US dollars form the Asian Development Bank to develop the health sector, the island’s Finance Ministry said. The loan is given from ADB’s Ordinary Capital Resources window. The loan will “support national strategic framework for the development of health services for improved efficiency and quality of secondary health services as first referral care for ensuring universal health coverage,” the statement said. The program will focus on (i) enhancing first referral care services, (ii) enhancing pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response and (iii) improving health sector technical capacity and pharmaceutical…
Sri Lanka inks U$100mn health sector loan with ADB
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