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DONATION OF MEDICINES WORTH $5 MILLION – ISLAMIC RELIEF USA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND US EMBASSY
June 2007
International aid organization Islamic Relief USA is donating over $5 million worth of much-needed medicines to the Ministry of Health. Islamic Relief has partnered with the US Department of Defense, the US Embassy in Burkina Faso, and the World Health Organization in Burkina Faso to make this major contribution.
In a ceremony to handover the supplies to the Ministry of Health, US Ambassador Jeanine Jackson said: "I am particularly pleased that a public-private partnership – that of Islamic Relief USA and the US Government – has been able to provide much needed medicines for use by the Ministry of Health throughout Burkina Faso to fight a variety of diseases. The US has supported Burkina Faso with many health initiatives, including those in nutrition, HIV/AIDS and maternal health. The US also provided $450,000 for purchase of vaccine for the recent meningitis outbreak."
The medicines include anti-bacterial drugs to treat infections, anthelminthics to treat intestinal worm infections, analgesics, anti-fungal and other medicines.