Phnom Penh (FN), Oct. 8 – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $30 million in financing to help strengthen Cambodia’s health system amid a surge in new infections and sustained community transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID19).

The assistance includes a $25 million loan as additional financing for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Health Security Project. It will boost laboratory services and infection prevention control at 81 provincial and district referral hospitals across the country. It will improve disease surveillance and response systems; COVID19 outbreak management; and contact tracing at central, provincial, and district health agencies.

ADB will also administer a $5 million grant from the Government of Japan’s Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction to improve emergency care at 14 provincial hospitals. This includes funding for new equipment such as ambulances, oxygen plants, and oxygen therapy devices, as well as health staff training in COVID19 clinical care.

Read in full at https://www.adb.org/news/30-million-adb-financing-support-cambodia-covid-19-response
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