The African Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday has agreed to provide US $16.1 million of loans and grants to help improve the health of 2.5 million people in four rural areas of Senegal.
The five-year project aims to cut the number of deaths at childbirth and in the early years of childhood by increasing the number of medically assisted births and improving the treatment of malaria and common childhood diseases. It will also promote family planning and combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
A key objective is to reduce infant mortality in the Matam, Tambacounda, Fatick and Kaolack regions from 113 per 1000 to 72 per 1000 by 2008.
The Tunis-based ADB said it would provide a US $14.2 million loan and a US 1.9 million grant which together would cover 77 percent of the cost of the project.
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