ULAN BATOR, Dec 28 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), on Friday, signed a loan and grant agreement worth 80 million U.S. dollars, with the Mongolian government, for promoting health care services in the Asian country.
Declan Magee, ADB deputy country director for Mongolia, and Mongolian Finance Minister, Chimed Khurelbaatar, signed the agreement at a ceremony held in the capital.
The funding is intended for the first projects under the programme of Improving Access to Health Services for Disadvantaged Groups, which requires a total investment of 158.34 million dollars, according to ADB.
“Improving people’s access to health services has always been a priority in ADB’s operations in the country. The project supports the Mongolian government’s commitment to universal health coverage and is in line with the operational priorities of ADB’s long-term strategy — Strategy 2030,” said Magee.
The bank has a multi-tranche financing plan for Mongolia’s health sector. The programme of Improving Access to Health Services for Disadvantaged Groups consists of three projects, including building two hospitals in the Chingeltei and Khan Uul districts of Ulan Bator.
The programme also foresees expanding hospitals in the western Mongolian provinces of Khovd and Uvs, upgrading the national ambulance call centre, and setting up 10 family health centres in Ulan Bator and six provincial-level health centres, in order to promote primary health care, said ADB.
