THE World Bank has given Zambia a loan of US$67 million to improve health delivery systems in the country.
The World Bank board of directors approved a US$52 million International Development Agreement (IDA) credit and US$15 million grant to help Zambia improve its health delivery systems and utilisation of maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition services.
The project will directly benefit about 1.2 million women of reproductive age including pregnant and lactating mothers. It will also benefit about 1.1 million under-five children.
World Bank country director for Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe Kundhavi Kadiresan said the project would specifically support side interventions such as improving the availability of skilled healthcare.
“The Project will specifically support supply side interventions such as improving the availability of skilled care, increasing the availability of health and nutrition commodities, strengthening referral linkages through results-based approaches, and institutional capacity building,”Dr Kadiresan said.
In a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday, the project aims at supporting Government’s efforts to accelerate progress towards maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals.
It would also support the country to be better prepared in tackling emerging challenges, especially non-communicable diseases.
It is expected to strengthen service delivery, while focusing on results and reducing inequities, particularly in Zambia’s five low performing, poorer and underserved provinces of Western, North-Western, Northern, Muchinga and Luapula.
The Task Team Leader of the Project, NetsanetWalelign Workie said the project focuses on broadening sharing of social and health services to the poor and under-served.
“It will enhance Government’s health sector vision of “equity of access to assured quality, cost-effective and affordable health services as close to the family as possible,” he said.
Improving means propping-up or bettering something that already works well. Our system does need improving but scrapping and restarting the whole damn thing.
More debts, slavery for future generations.
They’ll use it to improve their WEALTH delivery systems!!!!
*does not need*
Ni zee unfortunately we are constantly on life support everytime, crippling us
just like people on welfare can’t take care of themselves.
at this rate of loan accumulation we can rule out any development for our kids. can some one compile how much the pf has incurred in loans. with the free falling kwacha is there any hope
WB should give grants and not loans. The accumulation of loans will not improve the lives of women in reproductive age and children, instead, the loans will cause more harm to this population group. Those who are under five today, 20 yrs from now will be 25 yrs are will be squeezed to pay through the nose, “DISASTER LOANS”.
Junk loans are big business; Zambia and other third world countries are overly reliant on outside ‘help’ . it’s like @chills says: at this rate of loan accumulation we can rule out any development for our kids.
Unfortunately, the politicians we have and seem to constantly allow to fool us consistently manipulate and corrode information to mislead us and remain in power. They are also more corrupt than a computer virus. It’s hard to be hopeful for positive change , especially when you look at the faces and resume’s of every politician out there, it’s just a sea of same old style of governance guided by the self-serving principle that persists no matter who is in power.
Wouldn’t be surprised to hear that as the Government needs that to pay most of the civil servants salaries who haven’t been paid for several months.
Critics, critics-even on personal grounds u get a loan from banks to develop when u don’t have enough resources.” balekeni ba bombe ‘ 2016 -.PA MAKA.
No banks gives you loans without consideration. In fact, you get two at the most, you don’t keep borrowing for consumption, because one day you will die, children will remain to suffer. Ministry of Health needs grants, which has been a norm from DANIDA, CIDA, SIDA, etc not loans. Remember the 650 Health Posts loans has freight back to India. Even this one, it will be the same story.
And still the Fossil Chikwanda borrows our debt repayments are rising, fiscal deficit is worsening but he continues with his folly of signing on the dotted line.
Another loan,who will pay? the futute generation off course,The people who are signing won’t be there,six feet under.
And very soon World Bank is going to give Zambia yet another loan of $250m for Kariba Dam repairs!!! And World Bank is so happy, because they know their time of good Harvest will certainly come…
This money came from Uganda after the Anti-gay law was passed, so they dont have anywhere to take it.
This money will never reach the intended beneficiaries. Abena Lusaka will apportion themselves this money through “sitting allowances” after useless seminars, workshops and feasibility studies.
Embarrassing; we can’t even raise $52 million domestically to fund such an important initiative? Zambia will not control its destiny with these donor “puppet strings”.
MORE MONEY in P.F. Politicians & Cadre’s pockets, while Zambia Bleeds & Gently Weeps!!
By the way things are unfolding in Zed, “the money meant for Health” will be diverted during elections, to Cadres for Panga’s – so these Savages who are busy invading farms can carve up opposition citizens, therefore, bringing ill health, & Not health to Zambia.
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