The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $30 million project to strengthen the Kyrgyz Republic’s health system and improve its resilience to infectious diseases. The bank reports.
ADB’s Strengthening Regional Health Security Project, which consists of a $20 million grant and a $10 million concessional loan, will improve the country’s laboratory diagnostics capacity and enhance the regional linkages of laboratories and hospitals in busy border zones.
«The project will strengthen the capacity of four key laboratories in Bishkek and Osh cities, transforming them into the country’s leading national and subnational reference laboratories. It will develop a laboratory network of six public health laboratories and 11 clinical diagnostic laboratories in Chui and Osh regions, which will be upgraded and equipped based on modern quality and safety standards. The project will also conduct skills training for laboratory workers,» the bank says.
ADB will also help strengthen the capacity of six hospitals’ emergency services and improve their linkages to reference laboratories in border areas and high travel zones in Chui and Osh regions.
The Kyrgyz Republic joined ADB in 1994. Since then, the bank has committed more than $1.3 billion in loans, $811 million in grants, and $69 million in technical assistance projects.
