Save the Children donates PPE, Oxygen worth N38m to Lagos govt

Save the Children International has donated Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) commodities and Medical Oxygen devices worth N38 million to all the 28 primary health care centers and 2 General Hospitals in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.

The donation is part of the efforts to continue supporting the Government of Lagos State in fighting COVID-19 pandemic.

The donation of these critical devices and commodities is made possible through the support of the pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) through the Integrated Sustainable Childhood Pneumonia and Infectious Diseases Reduction in Nigeria (INSPIRING) Project.

The Country Director of Save the Children International Nigeria, Mercy Gichuhi in a press statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja said they are aiming to do more to support vulnerable children and families who have been hardest hit by the pandemic.

She said they are committed to support the efforts of controlling and treating COVID-19 and pneumonia through our continued collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Health.

She said will complement the efforts of the government, which is working to contain the spread of the virus in Lagos, support the frontline workers in their work on the pandemic, and sustain ongoing health care responses – including adequate oxygen therapy – to patients with the infection, as well as under-five children with severe pneumonia in the State.

She said since the index case was recorded in Nigeria, Save the Children has worked with the Nigeria government to respond to the pandemic as a member of the Covid-19 Response Task Force at both Federal and several state levels and supporting the development and deployment of COVID-19 strategies to contain the spread of the disease.

“Save the Children’s new partnership with GlaxoSmithKline regarding COVID-19 prevention and control is a step further to catalyze change and contribute to an accelerated reduction in child deaths from pneumonia and other preventable infectious diseases.

Also, the Managing Director of GlaxoSmithKline Nigeria (GSK), Kunle Oyelana said on this occasion, “During this pandemic, everybody has an important role to play to curtail the spread of the dreadful disease.

He said it is key to us at GSK to partner with other organizations and governments to explore innovative ways to strengthen healthcare systems in communities while providing necessary support and materials to health workers to slow down the spread of the virus.”

Also the Chief of Party INSPIRING Project, Save the Children International Nigeria, Dr Isah Adamu said it is very interesting to note that the INSPIRING Project was re-designed to provide room for interventions that support the government in fighting COVID-19 both in Lagos and Jigawa States.

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