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  • World Bank To Lend $35 Mln To Armenia For Disease Prevention

    WORLD BANK TO LEND $35 MLN TO ARMENIA FOR DISEASE PREVENTION

    Interfax, Russia
    March 28, 2013 Thursday 7:55 PM MSK

    The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a
    $35-million credit for the Disease Prevention and Control Project in
    Armenia, the World Bank's Yerevan office said in a press release.

    This credit "will be provided on standard blend IDA terms at a fixed
    interest rate of 1.25% per annum with a maturity of 25 years and a
    five-year grace period," the press release said.

    "Total financing of the project is $45 million, of which the Government
    of Armenia will provide $8.2 million. Health Results Innovation
    Fund will contribute grant funding in the amount of $1.8 million,"
    the press release said.

    "The project will support the Government of Armenia in improving
    maternal and child health services, and the prevention, early
    detection, and management of selected non-communicable diseases at
    the primary health care level, as well as the efficiency and quality
    of selected hospitals in Armenia," the press release said.

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    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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