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Health Sector Modernisation Project
Peru
Borrower | Peru |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Health |
Approved | 17.06.1999 |
Status | Cancelled |
Loan Administrator | IADB |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Health |
Co-financiers | IADB, IBRD, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 8.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 150.00 |
The project will focus on improving mother and child health and reducing the incidence of communicable diseases. To achieve these goals, activities will include:
- rehabilitation and upgrading of primary health care facilities in 14 of Peru’s most under-served departments;
- provision of free pre- and postnatal care and activation of a system for monitoring children’s health;
- provision of additional staff training;
- establishment of health and hygiene campaigns; and
- carrying out of around 80 sub-projects, including the construction or renovation and equipping of hospitals and health centers.