Strengthening Sri Lanka's Health Care Sector through ADB's Financing Package

Strategic Insights -

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a significant financing package to enhance Sri Lanka's secondary curative care services, improve communicable disease prevention and control, and boost the health care sector's governance and management capacity. The $106.9 million funding package consists of a $100 million loan from ADB and a $6.9 million grant from the Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Trust Fund. This initiative aims to address the country's growing elderly health care needs and noncommunicable diseases by strengthening secondary care services nationwide. The program will also improve pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response capabilities, as well as enhance the health care sector's governance and management capacity.

Key Takeaways:

  • The ADB has approved a $106.9 million financing package to strengthen Sri Lanka's secondary curative care services and improve communicable disease prevention and control.
  • The funding consists of a $100 million loan from ADB and a $6.9 million grant from the Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Trust Fund.
  • The program will enhance the quality, capacity, and efficiency of secondary care services nationwide through result-oriented hospital development and integrated patient-centered treatment services.
  • The program will also help transform secondary health care into the first referral care in patient care pathways with enhanced integration and resource sharing with primary health care facilities and non-health government services.
  • The program aims to improve the capacity and accreditation mechanism of public health laboratories and establish a center for disease control.
  • The initiative will support measures to enhance the logistical capacity and quality assurance of pharmaceuticals, digitalize the government procurement system, and institutionalize good government procurement practices in the health sector.
  • The program is part of ADB's support to the government's effort to strengthen integrity in the pharmaceutical regulatory, procurement, and supply chain.

Statistics:

  • The ADB has approved a $100 million loan for the project.
  • The pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Trust Fund has contributed $6.9 million to the project.
  • The program aims to strengthen secondary care services nationwide.
  • The program will improve pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response capabilities.
  • The initiative aims to enhance the health care sector's governance and management capacity.
  • The ADB has invested in 69 countries, including 50 in the Asia Pacific region.

Sources:

  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Trust Fund