Care International gives drugs to Gulu district
WITH funding from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation based in the US, CARE International has procured drugs and maternal kits worth sh315m for Gulu district,
WITH funding from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation based in the US, CARE International has procured drugs and maternal kits worth sh315m for Gulu district, reports Chris Ocowun.
Gulu-based CARE team leader Peter Kamalingin handed over the first consignment of the drugs worth sh20m to the district directorate of health services on Friday.
“We are going to give Gulu district drugs worth sh120m, reproductive kits worth sh160m and mama kits worth sh35m. We are going to construct emergency temporal health structures in 10 health units in displaced people’s camps,†Kamalingin said.
He said the priority health centres to benefit include Kal-Ali, Lugore, Pabbo, Olwal, Palenga, Bobi and Latoro.
“We shall give these drugs in bits to avoid expiry but for the reproductive and mama kits, we shall bring them at once,†he said.
Gulu chief administrative officer Patrick Otto Langoya hailed CARE for supporting the district.
He said for four years, CARE had provided drugs to improve health in the IDP camps.
Langoya urged other health partners to emulate CARE.
Gulu-based CARE team leader Peter Kamalingin handed over the first consignment of the drugs worth sh20m to the district directorate of health services on Friday.
“We are going to give Gulu district drugs worth sh120m, reproductive kits worth sh160m and mama kits worth sh35m. We are going to construct emergency temporal health structures in 10 health units in displaced people’s camps,†Kamalingin said.
He said the priority health centres to benefit include Kal-Ali, Lugore, Pabbo, Olwal, Palenga, Bobi and Latoro.
“We shall give these drugs in bits to avoid expiry but for the reproductive and mama kits, we shall bring them at once,†he said.
Gulu chief administrative officer Patrick Otto Langoya hailed CARE for supporting the district.
He said for four years, CARE had provided drugs to improve health in the IDP camps.
Langoya urged other health partners to emulate CARE.