DUSHANBE, February 20, 2013, Asia-Plus — Deputies of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) have ratified an additional loan agreement on the Danghara General Hospital Project.
A regular sitting of the fourth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon of the fourth convocation, presided over by its head, Shukurjon Zuhurov, took place on February 20.
Presenting the agreement, the Minister of Finance, Safarali Najmiddinov, noted that the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and OFID have provided US$12.5 million and US$5.4 million for that project respectively since 2006. Tajikistan’s contribution is 1.4 million U.S. dollars.
We will recall that an additional loan agreement on the Danghara General Hospital Project was inked in December in Vienna, Austria by Mr. Imomuddin Sattorov, Tajik Ambassador to Germany and Mr. Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish, Director General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID).
Under this agreement OFID provides additional 2.8 million U.S. dollars for providing the central district hospital under construction in the Danghara district with modern medical equipment.
OFID finances construction of a 150-bed, 9,000 square meters general hospital in Danghara. The facility will contain specialty departments such as pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology and internal medicine, as well as emergency and intensive care units. A full range of modern equipment and supplies will be purchased and an initial stock of medication provided for the hospital’s first year of operation. In addition, training programs will be offered to locally- recruited medical specialists and institutional strengthening measures implemented.
Established by the Member Countries of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 1976, the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), with headquarters in Vienna, Austria is a multilateral development finance institution. Its objective is to reinforce financial cooperation between OPEC Member Countries and other developing countries, by providing financial support to the latter for their socio-economic development. The resources of OFID are also used to provide grants for food aid, technical assistance, research and similar intellectual activities. One of the institution”s central aims is to advance South-South solidarity. The current Director-General of OFID is Mr. Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish of Saudi Arabia.
