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World Bank financially help Binh Dinh control bird flu
24 April 2007
The World Bank will fund US$20 million of a three-year, $38 million project aimed to improve control of bird flu and better prepare for a possible epidemic among the human population in Viet Nam, under a financing agreement signed recently in Ha Noi between the State Bank of Viet Nam and the World Bank.
The International Development Association, a World Bank entity which provides concessional loans to developing nations, will provide $20 million for the project, while an additional $10 million will come from the EU-funded window of the multi-donor Avian and Human Influenza Facility. Japan will contribute an additional $5 million, while the Government of Viet Nam will provide matching funds in the amount of $3 million.
The project aims to increase the effectiveness of Government services in reducing health risks to poultry and humans from the bird flu virus in eleven high-risk provinces.
The provinces to receive assistance would include Lang Son, Ha Tay, Thai Binh, Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien-Hue, Binh Dinh, Tay Ninh, Long An, Tien Giang and Dong Thap, all of which have been hit by the deadly virus.
"Viet Nam has addressed the avian influenza epidemic in ways that offer a model for other countries facing threats by the deadly virus," said Nguyen Hoi Chan, acting country director of the World Bank in Viet Nam, praising the nation’s efforts so far to combat bird flu.
Source: VNS
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