The Fund for the Reconstruction of Areas Affected by Terrorist Operations in Iraq announced the completion of 18 projects for the health sector within the framework of the first phase of the Kuwait grant agreement to finance the urgent program for the health sector, amounting to 4.5 million dinars.
Al-Rai quoting fund sources said the reconstruction projects that were completed within the framework of the first phase included the rehabilitation, rebuilding, and equipping of hospitals, health centers, and laboratories in the governorates of Anbar, Mosul, Salah al-Din, Diyala, and Babil.
The statement added work within the second phase and in the liberated governorates is still continuing and has reached advanced stages of construction that contribute to reviving the health sector in areas that suffer from a lack of health services.
Most of the service sectors, including health, in a number of Iraqi cities, were destroyed due to the control of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in the period from 2014 to 2017.
The pledges of the countries participating in the Kuwait Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq, which was held in February 2018, amounted to thirty billion dollars in loans, credit facilities, and investments made to Iraq in order to rebuild what was destroyed by the war.
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and the Fund for the Reconstruction of Areas Affected by Terrorist Operations in Iraq signed a grant agreement worth $85 million in 2019, as part of a total grant of $100 million announced by the State of Kuwait during the donors’ conference to support Iraq and contribute to covering humanitarian needs.
The Fund is an Iraqi government agency that coordinates between international organizations and Iraqi ministries in rapid reconstruction operations and implements medium and long-term reconstruction operations in areas liberated from ISIS control.