SANA'A, March 11 (Saba) - Yemen and Japan have launched a project of public health improvement in Dimt town of Dalei province worth $80,500.

The project, which is under the Japanese scheme called "Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects" was launched by Dalei Province Undersecretary Sadiq al-Edrisi, Undersecretary of Local Administration Ministry Salim al-Shahtari and the Japanese ambassador to Yemen Mitsunori Namba.

The project of public health improvement in Dimt town aims to garbage collection and disposal and to assist in improving the environment and health cleanness in the town to attract the tourists, who come to the town to enjoy having baths in its Sulfur Waters.

The Japanese scheme called "Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects" focuses on supporting small-scale community-based projects in basic human needs fields, such as primary health care, basic education and drinking water supply in the developing countries.

During this Japanese fiscal year (April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010) the Government of Japan funded 16 projects so far including these two in Yemen, amounting to USD 1.28 million under the above mentioned Japanese scheme.

In the last Japanese fiscal year, Japan funded 16 projects in Yemen under the same scheme with a total amount of more than USD 1.2 million.

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