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KABUL: Italy will provide the Afghan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) with $4.35 million in assistance, a cabinet minister said on Saturday.
In this regard, a contract was signed between Finance Minister Dr. Omar Zakhelwal and Italian Ambassador to Afghanistan Claudio Glaentzer in Kabul.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Zakhelwal said the amount would be spent on the improvement of hospitals during next one year.
Acting health minister, Dr. Suraya Dalil who was also present at the signing ceremony, said the assistance would be used to purchase equipment for different hospitals. She added projects meant for capacity building of health workers would be also launched.
The acting minister said a building for the ambulance service in western Herat province would be reconstructed and five more ambulances would be purchased to ensure a 24 hours service for residents.
Without going into details, Dalil added clinics for child and mother care would be renovated and health workers trained in Herat.
For his part, Glaentzer promised Italy would continue to support Afghanistan's health sector in the future as well.
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In this regard, a contract was signed between Finance Minister Dr. Omar Zakhelwal and Italian Ambassador to Afghanistan Claudio Glaentzer in Kabul.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Zakhelwal said the amount would be spent on the improvement of hospitals during next one year.
Acting health minister, Dr. Suraya Dalil who was also present at the signing ceremony, said the assistance would be used to purchase equipment for different hospitals. She added projects meant for capacity building of health workers would be also launched.
The acting minister said a building for the ambulance service in western Herat province would be reconstructed and five more ambulances would be purchased to ensure a 24 hours service for residents.
Without going into details, Dalil added clinics for child and mother care would be renovated and health workers trained in Herat.
For his part, Glaentzer promised Italy would continue to support Afghanistan's health sector in the future as well.
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