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Opening ceremony
of the evaluation workshop – (l-r) the Minister of Health, the WHO
representative, and SCI’s Regional Programme Manager for West Africa
On the 15th July 2008 the Niger NTD Control Programme held a national
evaluation workshop of their 2008 integrated mass treatment campaign.
The evaluation workshop was opened by the Minister of Health, his
honourable Issa Lamine, and SCI’s Regional Programme Manager, Elisa
Bosqué-Oliva. Participants included: Niger’s WHO Representative, Dr.
Khadidiatou Mbaye; representatives from international NGOs such as The
Carter Center, Handicap International, and International Trachoma
Initiative; Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education officials from
the national, regional and district levels, and national vertical
programme managers.
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Acknowledgements
SCI is grateful to Feed The Children, a partner in the
worldwide program to raise health standards in countries where worms are
a major problem in child nutrition. The supply of mebendazole for
deworming is part of Feed the Children's ongoing program, and Feed The
Children has announced that they are proud to be partners with WHO and
SCI in the deworming program in Burundi and Rwanda by donating an annual
supply of mebendazole. The first 1 million doses have been received in
each country and have already been distributed in Rwanda.
SCI thanks the following donors and partners for their
support:
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