ADB grants to support food security, health services, resilience in Afghanistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved two grants to enhance food security, deliver health services, and improve resilience to shocks from weather and natural hazards in Afghanistan, the press service of the Bank reports.
The first grant, amounting to $370 million, will continue the delivery of essential health services in 17 provinces, including maternal, neonatal, and child health and nutrition; supply of essential drugs; and childhood immunizations. It will also provide inputs to produce staple crops and non-staple cash crops, orchard products, as well as livestock to at least 161,000 households in the country.
The second grant, amounting to $100 million, will provide critical food assistance to households in hunger hotspots. It will also support community-level actions to reduce the impact of shocks from weather and natural hazards, and provide alternative livelihood opportunities to communities affected by natural hazards including the August 31 earthquake.
Earlier, it was reported the ADB president calls for a new pact to deliver clean energy, collective action to reinvent ports.