Morocco has donated Paraguay $700,000 destined to refurbish the infrastructure and equipment of six Family Health Units in two departments of the Latin American country. The donation by the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI) will improve medicare in six health units in Guairá and Caazapá in Southern Paraguay and reduce child and maternal mortality. Two of the six Family Health Units to be rehabilitated will be supplied with delivery services, laboratories and radiology rooms, which will benefit some 50,000 women. A Moroccan delegation is expected in Paraguay next week to supervise the rehabilitation work of the health centers that mostly benefit pregnant women. Infant mortality affects 17 out of 1000 births, according to the Multiple Indicator Survey (MICS) published by UNICEF last November.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 16, 2018 17:03 UTC