KATHMANDU: Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Saigo Masamichi today signed a grant contract of approximately NRs. 44.5 million with Maeda Noriko, Country Representative of Japan International Medical Technology Foundation (JIMTEF) for implementing a project to improve pulmonary health in Bhaktapur District, today.
The support has been made under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects Scheme for FY 2019, and will be implemented by JIMTEF, an international NGO based in Tokyo, Japan, a press statement issued by the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu said.
The JIMTEF will work with a local partner NGO, the Society for Local Integrated Development Nepal (SOLID Nepal).
The grant assistance will be used to install medical equipment, and to provide training to develop the capacity of medical staff and local residents for treatment and preventive measures, respectively, using a rehabilitation center built by JIMTEF with ownership of Bhaktapur Municipality in Bhaktapur in 2019, it said.
The project focuses to manage the extent of pulmonary diseases among the local people in Bhaktapur District, where air pollution is a serious issue owing to both smoke by local brick production and also unplanned urbanization.
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