The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank on Thursday signed an agreement with Kyrgyzstan to finance five advanced mobile health clinics to be deployed in rural areas of the Central Asian country.

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah for donating the clinics as a part of a SR1 billion project.

Atambayev graced the signing of the agreement between Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev and IDB President Ahmad Mohamed Ali in Makkah.

The IDB chief said the health clinic project in Kyrgyzstan is part of a SR1 billion ($266.5 million) program totally funded by King Abdullah and implemented by IDB, adding that it involves establishment of 75 mobile clinics in several Islamic countries and Muslim communities.

The program is aimed at offering general medical services to people in the least developed areas and providing medical treatment for the needy. The clinics will provide primary health care, medical x-rays and tests.

The program will also contribute to improving health care services in countries that benefit from the program as well as to training and upgrading their medical staff in accordance with global professional standards.

“It will also enable the beneficiary countries to meet the requirements for treatment of eye diseases, ENT and urinary tract disorders as well as cancer and heart ailments,” the IDB president said.

He said in addition to Kyrgyzstan the project would also cover Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Yemen as well as a number of other Asian countries.

President Atambayev left the Kingdom on Thursday at the conclusion of his official visit to the Kingdom, during which he held talks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, on major regional and international issues as well as on expanding bilateral cooperation.