Inter-American Development Bank will allocate Mexico three billion dollars.

Medportal.ruKaliforniya 04/200928.04.2009Voprosy & A on pigskin grippeMezhamerikansky Development Bank (IADB) will give credit to Mexico at a total cost of three billion dollars to fight pig flu virus and its consequences, reported Agence France-Presse.
In an official communication IADB, signed by its President Alberto Moreno, in particular, that the allocated funds will be used to support measures "to counter the problems facing the country" and also noted that the epidemic of influenza may adversely affect the Mexican economy, already affected of reducing the volume of remittances and exports. "
In addition to three billion dollars of credit, Bank of Mexico will provide a grant of one million dollars "to support efforts to diagnose diseases and strengthening of epidemiological surveillance. IADB also announced jointly with the Pan American Health Organization program to provide five million dollars to Central America for the same purpose.
Previously, remember to provide financial assistance to Mexico, said the World Bank, for such purpose, 205 million dollars, some of which have already been made available to Mexican authorities. The funds are intended for the purchase of medicines and necessary to combat the epidemic of funds.
According to the latest official figures, the number of diseased pork influenza in Mexico has reached 312 people, 12 of them died.