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Gambia News : IDB approves US$ 3 million grant for Gambia's health sector

Feb 26,2010 by

gambia Health sector - Gambian minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Abubaccar Gaye, disclosed here Thursday that the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) had approved a loan of US$ 3 million for The Gambia to support government's efforts towards malaria control and prevention and help achieve the MDGs through significant reduction of malaria morbidity and mortality.

The loan, according to Gaye, will specifically finance the Support to Malaria Prevention and Control Project which seeks to focus on increasing the proportion of laboratory-confirmed malaria cases, increasing the proportion of malaria cases receiving appropriate management within 24 hours of the appearance of symptoms and increasing coverage for Long Lasting Insecticide-treated Nets (LLINs).

Gaye said the IDB loan would go a long way in the fight against malaria.

According to him, the project scope covers four health regions with a total population of 836,768, representing 57 per cent of the population of The Gambia.

The four regions are the Central River, Western Health, North Bank East Region and the North Bank West Region.

"It is envisaged that the project will contribute to the consolidation of the current gains in malaria control and prevention and help The Gambia attain malaria pre-elimination stage by 2015," he said.

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