Japan offers health care grant

Japan offers health care grant

JAKARTA: Japan has pledged a US$133,757 fund to help fiance
health care projects the country.

Fuji Hamada, Director of Information and Culture at the
Japanese Embassy in Jakarta, said on Thursday that the agreement
would be signed on Friday.

Japan has appointed the Indonesian Planned Parenthood
Association (PKBI) as its project partner for its success in
improving the health standards of people nationwide.

Hamada said the funds would be used to finance undertakings in
measuring the rate of sexually transmitted diseases in Palembang,
curing and preventing sexually transmitted diseases and tackling
and preventing avian influenza, also known as bird flu. -- Antara