Harare — The United States Agency for International Development has released an additional US$2,2 million package of emergency initiatives for malaria, measles, and essential drugs to support Zimbabwe's health system.
US ambassador James McGee announced the funding on Monday. Usaid gave US$1,7 million for the expansion of medical supply logistics, ensuring that drugs and commodities are properly coordinated, managed, and reach the intended beneficiaries.
An additional US$200 000 for malaria prevention will enable the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare national mosquito spraying programme to complete its mission this season.
The national measles vaccination campaign was allocated US$300 000.
The indoor residual spraying programme will prevent malaria among more than two million Zimbabweans living in high-risk districts that were left unprotected.
With US and other donor support, the measles campaign aims to vaccinate 1,7 million children aged 9 to 59 months throughout Zimbabwe.
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Everyone must read the Book called The River it tells about the experimentation of a Polio vaccine in the 50's in central Africa.The medium used were grown on Chimpanzze kidney. It produced a virus they called virus X . The people of the villages were forced to receive the vaccine. The chiefs were told to tell the Europeans administering the vaccines to make sure everyone was there for their dose-- soon after the first cases of AIDS were known and it began in that direct vicinity. African leaders should strongly question, learn the science, see if the European has administered their vaccine on the European community (the exact strain)before accepting any AID of this sort from the US or Europe. In America, a long time ago, General Amhearst wiped out many Indians for their land by giving them gifts of smallpox laden blankets. Africa Be aware-- it has been done before
Weil66, I do not buy your conspiracy theories, as related to the subject matter. The money from USAID is basically to buy medicine from the USA and probably from the Melinda-Gates foundations.
The Book "The River" is a thoroughly investigated work on the origins of the AIDS situation in Africa--Please read before coming to your conclusions-- Dr Gudickek(sp)(Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of KURU) stated at a conference -- of the sometimes well meaning attempts to help a society(A European food project working in New Guinea)much of the population became infected with a muscle disease Africa must be aware to protect itself as America has recently from the chemical Thimersorol--Thimersoral was included in childrens MMR vaccines(maybe credited to the 400% increase in autism since it's inception) It is easy to say conspiracy theorist when one wants to discredit history but for your own health-- read the material Peace