The Minister of Economy, Sergio Massasigned a contract in the Palacio de Hacienda with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) by which this international credit organization will lend 75 million dollars to Argentina for the improvement in the provision of potable water services in different localities of the Province of Buenos Aires.
This investment will make it possible to carry out infrastructure works for the readjustment and construction of distribution systems, water wells, water treatment plants and complementary works, with the aim of improving the quality and operational capacity of drinking water services.
In addition, it is expected that the interventions of the program will benefit approximately 1.1 million inhabitants (256,509 households) in the Province of Buenos Aires with access to better quality drinking water provision services.
They participated in the meeting together with the Minister of Economy, his counterpart of Treasury and Finance of the Province of Buenos Aires, Pablo López; Leandro Gorgal, Undersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development, and his Finance counterpart from the province of Buenos Aires, Agustín Álvarez; Sebastián Rosales, national director of Financing with International Credit Organizations; and Julián Veiras, provincial director of Multilateral Organizations and Bilateral Financing of the Province of Buenos Aires.
On behalf of the IDB were presentDenise ObaraIDB Chief of Operations, and Marco Antonio CevallosSenior Specialist in Water and Sanitation of the agency.
Also, for tomorrow, the signing of a contract with the World Bank (WB) is expected for a disbursement in favor of Argentina. In this case, the contribution with the World Bank will reach 200 million dollars.
Between the Buenos Aires Government, AySA and the Ministry of Public Works currently maintain more than a thousand water and sanitation works in execution within the Province of Buenos Aires.
in the matches of La Plata, Berisso and EnsenadaFor example, Improvements are made to replace groundwater with better quality surface water. In White Bay, for its part, the expansion of the water treatment plant is being carried out so that it reaches a production of more than one million liters per hour.
In Quilmes and the Slaughter new water networks, sewage and intradomiciliary connections are being built. In addition, work is being done on the second stage of the secondary network in Puerta de Hierro. by the side of AySAhighlights the construction of the Stream System and the construction of the new sewage treatment plant Field of Mayamong other.
Just two weeks ago the IDB approved the “Line of Credit for Investment Projects”, for a total amount of USD 600 million. In a first stage, as confirmed by the Nation, the international organization will disburse USD 200 million to strengthen the Argentine Health System.
“It is the first individual operation of a conditional credit line for investment projects (CCLIP) of USD 600 million,” the IDB clarified in a statement.
In relation to the destination of the funds, the Government explained that actions will be financed to reduce premature mortality and close the gaps in access to health services between jurisdictions of the country. “To do this, the initiative seeks to increase effective access to diagnostic and care services by the population that has coverage exclusively from the public health system, estimated at 20.5 million people in 2022,” they detailed from Economy.
Likewise, the initiative will increase screening for cervical cancer in women with exclusive public coverage and increase the vaccination rate for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) for 11-year-old girls and boys. Another objective is to increase the identification and follow-up of people with high blood pressure and with hyperglycemia or diabetes.
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