Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- The Government of Sri Lanka has secured financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support the Strengthening Integrated Health Care and Governance for Universal Health Coverage Program.

The agreement includes a USD 100 million loan under ADB's Regular Ordinary Capital Resources and an externally financed grant of USD 6.9 million from the Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Trust Fund (Pandemic Fund). The funding will be provided under the Result-based Lending modality.

The program aims to support the national strategic framework for improving the efficiency and quality of secondary health services as the first referral care, ensuring progress toward universal health coverage. It focuse...