ADB Helps Improve Health Care in Vietnam
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved US$100.6 million in financing to support the Government of Vietnam’s reform effort to improve health service delivery and the quality of health care providers, especially in poor, border areas.
The financing package includes an US$88.6 million policy-based loan that will provide budget support to the Ministry of Health as it implements complex reforms nationwide in key areas such as public investment governance, health service delivery, and health workforce quality in the local health care system. A US$12 million grant, meanwhile, will complement those reforms by piloting health service delivery models in 12 districts in six provinces with high poverty rate, large minority populations, and susceptibility to health security threat. The grant will strengthen health security and implement health services delivery models that are more responsive to the needs of the population, along with electronic health records.
L.A
Vietnamese
