Friday, September 16, 2022, following a press conference on the results of his trip to Washington, President Luis Abinader revealed that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) had committed to donating two maternity wards to the border, whose construction will be carried out on Haitian territory to the North and South. These two maternities will be financed by the IDB to the tune of 40 million US dollars.

Furthermore, Abinader clarified that the IDB has promised to supervise the construction of the two maternities and provide the necessary resources. In addition, Abinader pointed out that the IDB will also support the first five years of maintenance, in collaboration with an American NGO working in Haiti.

"The IDB has promised to direct and seek the necessary funds to build these maternities, both in the North and in the South of Haiti, near the border, so that the thousands of Haitian women can have hospitals where they will not be invoiced," underlined the Dominican President.

Abinader explained that he reached this agreement during a meeting with the President of the IDB, Mauricio Claver-Carone during his recent visit to the United States.

In addition, he wished to recall that this project is the culmination of nearly 16 months of effort in accordance with the commitments listed in point 2 of the joint declaration he had signed with the late President Jovenel Moise in January 2021 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32758-haiti-flash-9-joint-commitments-between-haiti-and-the-dominican-republic.html

Abinader recalled that since the beginning of his administration in August 2020 he maintained that the construction of maternities in Haiti at the level of the border would help control the number of Haitian women giving birth on Dominican territory in search of better care and services https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37188-haiti-health-tens-of-thousands-of-haitians-continue-to-give-birth-each-year-in-the-dominican-republic.html .

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37188-haiti-health-tens-of-thousands-of-haitians-continue-to-give-birth-each-year-in-the-dominican-republic.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32758-haiti-flash-9-joint-commitments-between-haiti-and-the-dominican-republic.html

SL/ HaitiLibre