Interviews

15/03/2011 - "The African Development Bank is one of the reliable friends who stands by you before you even launch an appeal for help”, said Tunisia’s Planning and International Cooperation Minister, Abdelhamid Triki, on Monday, 14 March 14, 2011. Mr. Triki was speaking after the signing ceremony of a one-million-dollar emergency humanitarian assistance grant from the AfDB in support of displaced people at the Tunisia-Libya border.

Categories: Tunisia, Libya, United States of America, Health, Human and Social Development

15/03/2011 - «L’action de la BAD est très positive… ce don contribuera également au renforcement des efforts logistiques de nos collègues du Croissant-Rouge tunisien », a déclaré le représentant de la Croix-Rouge, Jean-Michel Monod, suite à la signature d’un don d’un million de dollars avec la BAD, ce lundi, 14 mars 2011 à Tunis.

Categories: Tunisia, Libya, United States of America, Health, Human and Social Development

12/11/2010 - Dans le cadre du Pilier de Renforcement des capacités, la Facilité en faveur des Etats fragiles (FEF) de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) appuie les efforts du gouvernement du Tchad en matière de santé. Elle lui a octroyé un don de 450,215.71 UC (environ 324 millions de FCFA) pour, entre autres activités, appuyer le processus d’élaboration de la politique nationale de la santé, réactualiser le plan triennal de formation continue du personnel et assurer la formation en psychopédagogie des enseignants.

Categories: Chad, Health, Fragile States Facility, Human and Social Development

09/12/2009 - The AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, in Tunis opened the fifteenth session of the Joint Action Forum (JAF) of the governing board of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) which comprises health ministers of several participating countries, representatives of donor countries, development institutions and health development partners.

Categories: Tunisia, Health, Human and Social Development

27/04/2009 -  « En Afrique au Sud du Sahara, le paludisme est la principale cause de mortalité chez les enfants de moins de cinq ans et constitue la principale menace chez les femmes enceintes et leurs futurs nouveaux nés…La Banque n’est pas en reste et a toujours appuyé ses pays membres régionaux (PMR) dans cette lutte contre le paludisme à travers des projets nationaux et multinationaux »

Categories: Health, Human and Social Development

28/11/2008 - "Lead – Empower – Deliver" is the slogan for this year’s commemoration marking the 20th anniversary of the World AIDS Day (WAD). Positive responses have been given to the epidemic since 1988, when it was established. However Africa still faces great challenges in this regard and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has been a partner of African governments in the fight against HIV/AIDS. "The HIV/AIDS epidemic has an obvious negative impact on welfare from increased mortality rates and reversed gains in life expectancy associated with the disease" – said Tomas Hurley in his interview.

Categories: Health

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

Categories: Tunisia, Health, Human and Social Development