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Donors give Malawi life-line on essential drugs
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By Nyasa Times Reporter |
January 6, 2012 · 17 Comments |
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), the agency that was coordinating the purchase of the essential drugs courtesy of the donor community, on Friday announced the arrival of the consignment into the country.
According to Unicef Malawi press officer Kusali Kubwalo, the plane carrying the first shipment arrived in Malawi on Friday.
The medicine will enable authorities treat 1.5 million cases of cholera, and 264,000 episodes of malaria, among others.
The first consignment consists of 2124 kits of essential primary health care medicines and supplies (including antibiotics, anesthetic, gloves, needles, syringes and gauze), and is the first part of an 18-months joint donor initiative to supplement critically needed drugs and supplies in Malawi.
Malawi officials and donors checking the consignment of the drugs. Photo credit: ZBS
Malawi’s public hospitals has been hit by medication shortages since the withdraw of the donor support following governance concerns.
But despite the aid suspension, donors responding to an urgent request for support from the government through United States Agency for International Development and Unicef, had put together about $33 million to bail the country out of the drugs crisis it has been experiencing since July last year.
US ambassador to Malawi Ms. Jeanine Jackson said the development partners will need about three thousand litres of fuel every week to distribute the drugs and said the Malawi government should ensure enough and timely supply of fuel.
UK government through DFiD has contributed $16millio, while Norway and German injects $10 million an $7 million respectively.
Mlawi government has also pumped in 1.8billion Kwacha to procure the remaining drugs that are not covered in the Development Partner Emergency Drug Procurement project, according to Deputy Health minister Ralph Jooma.
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Tags: donors, drugs, German, Norway, UK, US
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last year republic of ireland was complaning that student from ireland to USA on J2 VISA They dont claim their money(tax) when going back to ireland what more malawi, so its tax payers money not public funds.
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Replyyes its tax payers money, many malawian in uk they are paying tax, many people they dont claim their money when they are comming home, lets apprecite they are doing great job. even though it looks like they are public funds.
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ReplyMy ungrateful comment is a reaction to the “Myfriend” comment that talks about “In true sense this is our money dont be cheated by these bastards”. By the way the US direct contribution to the Health sector in Malawi is about $250 Million a year.
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ReplyThe problem with Central Medical Stores is the corrupt Procurement team and the few guys in the CMS Trust. Watch out for the people in the technical committe especially Chalira and Kadewere. I have warned you. Ine ndiye ndakuchenjezena.
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ReplyI would like to see the source you use to back up the claim that Malawians working in the UK are taxed $16 million per year.
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ReplyWow. After spending nearly a year working in the central hospital in Lilongwe, I find almost all of the patients are extremely grateful. And if you had read the article correctly, you would see that while USAID has been instrumental in this effort (aimed at primary health care facilities that support many of the extremely poor Malawians that have quite limited access to health care), the money is coming from UK, Germany, and Norway.
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ReplyWhy do we bother with these ungrateful people? We put out $33M of hard worn tax payer dollars and what do you get for it???? Insults. Perhaps we should listen to Ron Paul and say, let them die. Its none of our business.
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