UN food agency and China boost partnership against hunger at the global level
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Beijing Government have boosted their partnership, which aimed at helping China and the world to address hunger.
Health financing insurance
World Bank approves additional funds for health development in Tanzania
The World Bank Board of utive Directors has currently approved an additional International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$ 60 million for the Government of Tanzania to support the second phase of the Health Sector Development Project.
World Bank debars two firms under India Reproductive and Child Health Projects
The World Bank has declared two India-based firms, Nestor Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Nestor) and Pure Pharma Ltd. (Pure Pharma), ineligible to be awarded Bank-financed contracts.
Health and nutrition package for Laos from ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is assisting the Government of Lao People
Ghana’s Health Sector gets a US $ 40 million boost
Recently the government of Ghana received an approval of funding from the World Bank Board, amounting 40 million USD. This funding will finance two health sector projects (i) Health Insurance Project – US$15 million and (ii) Nutrition and Malaria Control for Child Survival Project
ADB is supporting Philippines in combating spread of HIV/ AIDS
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will sponsor a programme to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS by raising awareness among high-risk groups in the Philippines in partnership with the government’s Department of Health, members of the private sector and non-government organizations.
ADB would be hosting symposium on ‘Ten Year After the Crisis’
Top finance officials from various Asian countries will be gathering at the Asian Development Bank in Manila on 2 July, 2007 for an international symposium titled ‘Asia is Moving Forward: Ten Years After the Crisis’.
New program to control tuberculosis by the UN
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop TB Partnership on 21 July, 2007 launched a US$ 2.15 billion two-year programme to save over 100,000 lives.
Irish Government to invest
The Irish Government is planning to invest
DFID, UK allocates
The Department for International Development (DFID), UK has granted
India to use one-fourth World Bank loan to improve healthcare services
India will use about one fourth of the World Bank USD 3.8 billion loan to improve healthcare services in the country.
BCBSGa, Georgia awarded USDA rural development to expand telemedicine programme
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa) has been awarded a $489,085.00 USDA Rural Development grant. This grant would be used to expand access to quality specialty health care for rural Georgians through BCBSGa’s telemedicine program.
Canada is going to support health research in developing countries
Canada’s Government has recently announced that for doing research on health along with developing countries, CA $ 20 million will be spent.
