The Karnataka health systems development and reform project will be financed through a loan of $70 million (Rs.387 crore) from the World Bank. An agreement for the assistance was signed by joint secretary in the finance ministry Prabodh Saxena World Bank (India) operations advisor Michael Haney and state project administrator R. Vishal in the national capital on Wednesday. ‘The objective of the loan is to improve the health services delivery public-private collaboration and financing particularly for the benefit of underserved and vulnerable groups in Karnataka’ the bank said in a statement on Thursday. The project envisages strengthening of state-run health
