IDA - Health

Health: Supporting Systemic Change in a New Global Context

IDA at Work Impact

IDA lending for health, nutrition, and population (HNP) initiatives has averaged US$825 million annually over the last decade.
These investments have provided more than 47 million people with a basic package of HNP services, immunized 310 million children, and provided antiretroviral therapies to almost 2 million people with HIV.
IDA investments emphasize collective action for strengthening health systems to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Lending by the International Development Association (IDA) for health, nutrition, and population (HNP) initiatives has averaged US$825 million annually over the last decade. These investments have provided more than 47 million people with a basic package of HNP services, immunized 310 million children, and provided antiretroviral therapies to almost 2 million people with HIV. IDA investments emphasize collective action for strengthening health systems to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

IDA at Work - Health
(Sept 2010)

Zambia Zambia Achieves 50 percent Reduction in Malarial Deaths, Reaches 2010 Target.

Emergency Response to Avian Influenza in Vietnam. Learn more about the Avian Flu Trust Fund Facility

- Senegal: Promoting Nutrition During Pregnancy and Early Childhood
- India: Controlling Tuberculosis and Transforming Lives
- Social Support Accorded to 80 Percent of Families of People With HIV in Djibouti
- Around 2 Million Insecticide-Treated Nets Distributed in Benin
- Moldova: Transmission of HIV Virus from Mother-to-Child Decreased More than 90 Percent
- Millions Gain Access to Health Care in Rural Afghanistan
- India: Prevention Measures Stem the Spread of HIV/AIDS
- Government, Donors Join Forces in Kyrgyz Republic to Improve Healthcare
- Malawi: Population and Family Planning Project Meets and Exceeds Development Targets
- Nigeria: Widespread Knowledge Sharing About Malaria among Healthcare Providers and Beneficiaries
- Health Sector Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic
- Better Access to Essential Health Services in Bolivia
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Watch to learn how Pre-Natal Clinics in Djibouti are forming part of the country’s HIV/AIDS Control Project

- What is IDA? The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that provides interest-free credits and grants to the world’s poorest countries. Learn more
- Explore the World Bank's Health, Nutrition and Population website.
- Courage and Hope: Watch a film about four teachers living with HIV in Africa