PESHAWAR, 6. December: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID- Amerikas Danida) has pledged 30 million US dollar (henved 180 mio. DKR) to improve mother and neo-natal health-care (sundhedspleje for nyfødte) scenario in Pakistan in the next two years.
– Of this amount, 15 million dollar would be spent on the improvement and upgrading of health facilities in the Frontier (province) over the period of next two to three years, said US Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker while speaking at a ceremony held to award sub-grants to NGOs at the provincial health services academy here on Tuesday evening.
– The USAID has been working with the provincial governments to minimise the maternal mortality rate (MMR) and neo-natal mortality rate (NMR) in the country, he said. He added that 100 girls had been selected from the two target districts which were being enrolled in midwifery school.
The US envoy to Pakistan said that healthcare centres in the far-flung districts would be equipped with basic necessities to enable them to provide post- and pre-natal care.
Kilder: Source: Pak Tribune (Pakistan) og The Push Journal
