China Aid Kenya Maternal Maternal, Newborn and Children's Health Project Signing Certificate

On June 30, the Ambassador to Kenya Zhou Pingjian and the United Nations Children's Foundation in Kenya signed a certificate of completion of the Kenya maternal, newborn and children's health projects in China.

Ambassador Zhou Pingjian said at the signing ceremony that the successful completion of this project and achieved the expected results were an important manifestation of the good cooperation between the two parties under the framework of the South -South cooperation. It means that under the framework of South -South cooperation, China has helped Kenya to further improve the health status of maternal, newborn and children in the project implementation place, and effectively improve the local medical facilities and technical levels.

Ambassador Zhou Pingjian emphasized that the health engineering is one of the "nine projects" of the China -Africa Cooperation Forum. In the future, China will invest more resources for global development and continue to support the 2030 Agenda. , Make greater contributions to Kenya's socio -economic development.

The project lasted two years and the execution period was from January 1, 2020 to December 30, 2021. China supports US $ 1 million to the United Nations Children's Foundation in Kenya through the South -South Cooperation Aid Fund. The representative office is responsible for purchasing medical equipment and medicines and distribution to the local area.

Zaman said the project provided medical supplies and technical training to 159 health institutions in 8 counties in Kenya, and about 30.45 million people benefited from it. She said that Kenya was very happy to become one of the beneficiary countries under the framework of China South -South cooperation. With the aid and support of China, the United Nations Children's Foundation further strengthened the construction of grass -roots health institutions, including community health departments, and effectively reduced the new crown During the epidemic maternity and child mortality rate.

Kenya's maternal, newborn and children's health projects are funded by China South -South Cooperation Aid Fund, and the UNICEF is the executive unit. The project is carried out in 8 counties including Kakamega, Sibakt, and Massabit. It mainly improves and improves and improves maternal, newborn and children's health care through the ability construction of medical staff, providing medical equipment, and establishing information statistics systems. The coverage rate of intervention measures improves the health care status of the project county, and reduces the mortality rate of maternity and newborns. (Source: Embassy in Kenya)

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