The health ministry sought 250 million dollar from the World Bank to provide health services to the Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh amid persecution in Myanmar’s in Rakhain State.
Bangladesh will succeed in helping the Rohingya people as it had overcome other crisis moments in the past, said State Minister for Health Zahid Malik told reporters after a meeting on Bangladesh’s preparedness and World Bank’s assistance in disaster and epidemic management at the secretariat, reports UNB.
The government is taking necessary steps to face disasters through creating skilled manpower, setting up advanced laboratories, developing communication, strengthening monitoring and upgradation nof machineries, he said.
“Bangladesh is among the 75 countries that the WB listed to provide support in facing disasters and epidemics,” he said.
Bangladesh’s plea for helping the Rohingyas will be considered vigorously assured Mukesh Chawla, Head of Knowledge Management of the Human Development Network (HDN) of World Bank.
