ADB's loan for RI

ADB's loan for RI

MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday approved a loan of US$87.4 million for an Indonesian program to control communicable diseases, the bank said in a statement.

The delivery of health services to 17 million people, including two million children below five years old, 10 million young adults and 25,000 with early-stage tuberculosis will be upgraded, the Manila-based bank said.

Provinces that will benefit from the project are South Sumatra, West Java, Central Java, South Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, and East Nusa Tenggara, it said.

The loan will be repaid over 25 years with interest, said. Indonesia's Ministry of Health is to be the project's executing