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The World Bank (WB) will provide US$50 million worth of grant to help Bangladesh address urgent health needs of Rohingya people.
The grant will be available to help strengthen the government's health care services, especially for nutrition, and family planning needs of the Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar.
To this effect, the government signed a grant financing agreement with the WB at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) on Thursday, said a WB press release.
ERD Senior Secretary Kazi Shofiqul Azam and the WB Country Director for Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides.
This additional financing to the existing Health Sector Support Project will help provide essential health and nutrition services to the Rohingya people, which will include maternal, neonatal, infant, child, and adolescent health, nutrition and psychosocial services, as well as reproductive health care, said the WB release.
"Nearly one million Rohingya live in congested camps, including the Kutupalong camp, the world's largest refugee camp. They face risks of disease outbreaks and suffer from high rates of child malnutrition. Their health care needs are enormous," it said, quoting Mr. Qimiao Fan,
According to the press release, this is the first in a series of projects financed by the World Bank to support Bangladesh in dealing with the Rohingya influx, according to the WB release.
Of the $50 million financing, the WB will provide $41.67 million as a grant through the IDA18 Regional Sub-window for Refugees and Host Communities with an additional $8.33 million as a grant from the Government of Canada.
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