The government of Japan, in an effort to help Senegal improve its health sector, has donated medical aid and other equipment worth some 2.6 billion FCFA (US $3.5 million), the pro-government Le Soleil quoted a health ministry communiqué as saying. The equipment would help increase the fight against malaria and mother-and-child illnesses.
Specifically, the health ministry will receive 200,000 mosquito nets to be impregnated with some 3500 litres of insecticide, as well as 300 anti-malaria kits. It will receive 32 motorbikes, 16 vehicles, as well as 300 freezers. An official handover ceremony will take place on Friday in the capital Dakar.
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