Period (Date of Loan Agreement):
    March 31, 2005

Place:
    Banten

Amount Provided:
    2,983 million Yen

Executing Agency:
    Directorate General of Islamic Institutions, Ministry of Religious Affairs

Key Points:
    Improving the capacity of regional medical service by developing, in both quality and quantity, Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare Sciences of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Outline:
The objective of the project is to provide better opportunities of medical service for the poor and those who live in provincial and rural areas and increase doctors and nurses in these areas through developing Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare Sciences of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Banten Province. The project consists of building construction, equipment procurement and dispatching prospective lectures (29 planned) to Japan for study, which will thus help improve healthcare in Indonesia, particularly in providing better basic public health and medical services in provincial and rural areas. The project is due to be completed in 2011.