USAID to assist Yemen to fight Malaria and Bilharzias

SANA'A, Sep. 06 (Saba) - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) voiced here on Saturday its readiness to provide assistance to the Public Health and Population Ministry to fight Malaria and Bilharzias.

The Deputy Director General of the USAID in Washington said during
his meeting with Minister of Public Health and Population Abdul
Karim Rase'a that the Agency would cooperate with World Bank and
World Health Organization in this regard.

The USAID official noted that its agency has a plan to support
health programs to fight these diseases.

Moreover, the meeting reviewed the implementation progress of the
USAID-funded health programs in governorates of Saada, Jawf, Marib,
Shabwa and Amran, in addition to discussing cooperation bilateral
relations in health fields.

Rase'a praised, during the meeting, the assistance provided by the
USAID to Yemen, including medicines and medical equipments in
addition to training Yemeni medical cadres.