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SARAJEVO, August 18 (FENA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) handed over today a donation of the medicine Dexamethasone worth one million dollars to the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In addition to the delivered medicine, in the last two months, UNICEF has donated PCR tests and medicines in the amount of nearly three million dollars for the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH announced.
Dexamethasone will be distributed to relevant public health institutions in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska and Brčko District according to the expressed needs.
Ministry of Civil Affairs and Minister Ankica Gudeljević also expressed their gratitude to UNICEF for their support in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
“The Ministry of Civil Affairs, in accordance with its powers, is working intensively on providing the necessary medicines and medical devices for all residents of BiH, and cooperation with international organizations in this process is extremely important,” the Ministry states.
UNICEF supports leading humanitarian efforts in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and puts children and their families first by supporting the strengthening of primary health systems. Since the beginning of the pandemic, UNICEF has been supporting the authorities in contingency plans to help them fight the situation.
UNICEF Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Rownak Khan notes that the pandemic is not over and that everyone must be prepared for all future scenarios.
“We are glad that today we can support BiH with this large donation of Dexamethasone, a corticosteroid used in the treatment of patients with coronavirus and a medicine that has been shown to reduce mortality in hospitalized patients. I urge all citizens to get vaccinated as soon as doses become available because vaccination is the only way to reduce the serious consequences and the only way to protect ourselves and our loved ones,” she said.
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