To date, over 19,000 poor patients have benefited from tertiary-level hospital services

The Centre, Karnataka and the World Bank today signed a $70 million additional credit agreement for the ongoing Karnataka Health System Development and Reform Project to further support improvements in health service delivery, particularly for the underserved areas and vulnerable groups. The project builds on the experience of the original $141.83 million project. Since 2006, the project has contributed to development of the state’s health system, including improving administrative capacity and planning, investing in maternal health services, contracting NGOs to run mobile health clinics, supporting community-level public health interventions and contributing to a state government scheme that purchases hospital services for poor beneficiaries from accredited public and private hospitals.