The government of Zimbabwe has signed a $15 million health development deal with the World Bank to provide basic medical equipment for rural districts to improve maternal and child health.
Minister of Finance Tendai Biti said the Development Support Grant Agreement was signed alongside the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank annual meetings.
Biti said the World Bank is administering the grant under the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for health results innovation. Funding contributions are being made by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the government of Norway.
Biti said the grant will enable the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare to increase coverage of its key maternal and child health interventions in rural districts through the provision of basic medical equipment and other related goods.
“The expected project outcome indicators agreed between the health ministry and the World Bank draw from government’s results based framework of the National Health Strategic Plan for 2009 to 2013 and the Investment Case for Health,” Biti said.
