US NGO funds major healthcare upgrade in Hue

Published: 19/12/2008 05:00

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Update from: http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=44719

The Atlantic Philanthropies will provide US$8.5 million in nonrefundable aid to improve medical facilities and train staff in central Thua Thien-Hue city Province, under an agreement signed Thursday.

The $8.5 million will partly fund a project on “Upgrading, constructing and equipping facilities for health clinics in wards, communes and districts.”

About 70 new clinics will be constructed and 20 health centers will be upgraded under the project.

The provincial government will provide $2.6 million for the project which runs until 2011.

The Atlantic Philanthropies, founded in 1982, focuses on assisting disadvantaged children and youth, and issues of population health, reconciliation, and human rights.

Source: Lao Dong

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