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Japan will provide $2 million
to offer improved health care to Ulaanbaatur’s poorest citizens.
The money has been allocated
by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction. It will be distributed in Mongolia
by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
'We expect the project to help
at least 30,000 disadvantaged people living in the project districts
gain better access to health services,' the ADB said in a statement.
The health sector is a key
focus of ADB assistance to Mongolia. The Health Sector Master Plan of
the government stresses the need to provide vital health services to
Mongolians, with emphasis on the elderly, adolescents, and other vulnerable
groups.
Mongolia has sought help in
coping with the massive migration of the rural poor, which is taking
its toll on social, hospital and primary health services in urban areas.
The poor make up 27 percent of the population of Ulaanbaatar, according
to Asian Development Bank figures.
Most of the new arrivals are
unemployed and cannot receive social and health services provided by
the government because they have not met city residency requirements.
They also cannot afford to pay for health care services, such as medicines
and diagnostic tests.
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