Dr Ali Hussain al-Temimi, Director-General of the Diyala Directorate of Health, pointed out that the shipment would save lives in the governorate and could be used by mobile clinics offering health care and services to IDPs. “It came at an opportune time as the country currently lacks resources to provide necessary and lifesaving medications, medical equipment and supplies,” said Dr al-Temimi. “We are happy and highly appreciative of WHO’s support to our directorate. His Excellency the Governor of Diyala instructed that a letter of appreciation be sent to WHO and its staff in Iraq for the valuable assistance they have rendered. He also urged WHO to continue its work according to the agreed upon plan to provide medicine, construct a health centre in a rural area, train staff on statistical programmes, create software to connect health centres with directorates of health and the Ministry of Health, support exceptional campaigns for immunization, provide insecticides and pesticides for vector control in liberated areas and provide assistance to the 3 IDP camps in Diyala,” added Dr al-Temimi.
“The support by WHO and partner agencies came as a lifeline for the governorate,” said Mr Wisam Mohammed Ahmed, Head of the Pharmacy Department at the Directorate of Health in Diyala. “It will help medical staff in hospitals and medical centres to work more efficiently and offer better care to patients,” Mr Ahmed added.
The consignment included supplementary module pharmaceutical kits, supplementary module equipment, supplementary module renewable kits, traumatological profile/emergency kits, medical supplies support kits, basic units without malaria, Ringer's lactate solution and sodium chloride.
Support to the Directorate of Health in Diyala was made possible through generous contributions from donors and health partners, especially the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations.
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