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Romania: 500 mln euro from World Bank for health system

To improve access and services in less developed areas

24 September, 11:10
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 24 - Romania has signed a 500-million-euro loan agreement with the World Bank, aimed at increasing the access to the primary health care system in the country and its services, especially in less developed areas, local media reported. The program will help to improve coverage with primary healthcare services for the under-served population, to reorient the medical system towards efficient primary healthcare and to increase spending efficiency, the specialized portal Business Review informed. "It is a program that will bring real benefits to patients, as it will increase funding for family and community medicine, including by equipping high-performing medical cabinets and training primary medical staff," Romanian prime minister Viorica Dancila said on Facebook, Business Review informed. (ANSA).

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