WORLD BANK ALLOCATES 22 MILLION DOLLAR CREDIT TO ARMENIAN HEALTH SYSTEM

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The World Bank Board of Directors
approved the second credit program of 22 mln USD for modernization of
Armenia’s health system. The credit is provided for 20 years with a
10-year grace period and 75% interest rate. The agreement on credit was
signed on March 9 by the RA Minister of Finance and Economy Vardan
Khachatrian and the WB Yerevan Office’s Acting Director Naira
Melkumian. According to V. Khachatrian, within the program, assistance
will be provided to extend primary health services based on family
medicine and to modernize net of hospitals in marzes. The program’s aim
is to ensure management of risks to public health, accessibility and
quality improvement of health services provided to most vulnerable
groups of the population. Repairs will be done in 50 rural ambulance
stations, and prior to program’s completion the population of marzes
will be provided with high-quality services of family medicine.
According to WB, although some progress has been registered in Armenia
recently in terms of provision of health services, their accessibility
and quality of their use remains low. Citizens use more services of
policlinics and hospitals than primary health care medical
establishments.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress