Health

Zambia

Grants & Concessional Finance

In 1979 and 1982, Bharat extended government and EXIM Bank credits to Zambia totaling Rs. 25 crores.
In 1989, Bharat provided railways wagons costing about Rs. 8 crores to Zambia under the Africa Fund.
120 MW ItezhiTezhi Hydropower Project (ITHP), a joint venture project of Zambia’s State Power utility ZESCO and TATA Power of India, was commissioned in March 2016. Out of the GoI LoC of US$ 50 million for the project, Zambian side had utilized US$29 million.
M/s Afcons a subsidiary of M/s Shapoorji Pallonji group, has completed the US$ 289.5 million Lusaka City Road De-congestion Project. The project was financed by EXIM Bank of India under Buyer’s Credit of US$ 245.74 million and remaining part was funded by the government of Zambia. The project was launched in April 2018.
The construction of 650 rural pre-fabricated health posts was announced in 2011 for which an LOC US$ 50 million was signed in 2013. Construction of the health posts commenced in 2014. An additional LOC of US$ 18 million was approved in 2017 to complete the project. 563 health posts have already been completed and are operational.
Medicines worth US$ 2 million were handed over to Ministry of Health in December 2019.
To augment Zambia’s fight against COVID-19, essential medicines including HCQ, weighing 6000 kgs were given to Zambia in May 2020. As part of Bharat’s Vaccine Maitri Initiative, 228,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses via COVAX facility were supplied to Zambia in April 2021.