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