News & Events
15/07/2008 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the soft loan window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, in Tunis on Tuesday approved a grant of 15 million Units of Account (UA*) about US$ 24.5 million to finance Phase II and the phasing out stage of the Onchocerciasis (river blindness) Control Programme (APOC) in 19 African countries.
05/04/2008 - Statement on the Occasion of the 2008 World Health Day: "The AfDB has started mainstreaming renewable energy and energy efficiency in its operations", by Daniele Ponzi, Manager, Sustainable Development Division, African Development Bank
31/01/2008 - The Bank Group on Wednesday, January 30, 2008, in Freetown participated in the launch of the Strengthening District Health Services Project which aims at improving access to quality health care in five districts in the country, namely; Bonthe, Port Loko, Bo, Kenema and Tonkolili. The project will also enhance the institutional capacity of the country’s ministry of health and sanitation.
Categories: Sierra Leone, Health
21/12/2006 - The workshop was organized by the NEPAD Secretariat, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the South African Trust (SAT) with the support of the Bank Group.
Categories: South Africa, NEPAD, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Infrastructure, Health
18/08/2006 - The AfDB Group and the Government of Burkina Faso signed a loan and a grant agreement amounting to US$ 19.48 million to finance rural development and the National Avian Influenza control Program in Burkina Faso.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Health
22/06/2006 - The Board of Directors of the AfDB has approved a grant of US$ 500,000 as emergency assistance to support the Sudanese government’s initiatives on preparedness to combat avian influenza in 2006.
23/01/2006 - ADB and Malawi signed a US$ 21 million grant agreement to finance programs in the country’s health sector.
18/10/2005 - The ADF and Sierra Leone signed grant agreements worth US$ 42 million to finance economic recovery and health development programmes.
Categories: Sierra Leone, Health, Economic & Financial Governance
07/09/2005 - Tunis, 7 September 2005 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group, on Wednesday in Tunis, approved a grant of 17 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 24.81 million, to finance the strengthening of the District Health Services Project in Sierra Leone.
Categories: Sierra Leone, Health
08/08/2005 - Tunis, le 8 août 2005 – La Banque africaine de développement vient d’octroyer un don de 500.000 US$ à titre d’aide alimentaire d’urgence aux sinistrés de la sécheresse et de l’invasion acridienne du Niger en réponse à l’appel à l’aide internationale lancé par ce pays.
