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Written by AlertNet
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Lebanese living with chronic disease will soon have better access to the medicine they need through a World Vision program to supply medical dispensaries in the south. Dec. 13, 2006- Starting Dec. 15, World Vision Lebanon will begin providing pharmaceutical drugs to 27 dispensaries and clinics in East Sidon, Marjeyoun and Bint Jbeil that were damaged during the war.
'In the aftermath of this crisis, many displaced people returned to their homes to find them either destroyed or in need of major rehabilitation,' said Ghassan Akkary, the World Vision Lebanon program officer responsible for health. 'Dispensaries and hospitals that served these communities were also badly hit. Medicines for chronic diseases were mostly absent or scarce. That caught our attention.'
A World Vision assessment of small clinics and dispensaries in the south showed that many still do not have enough supplies to meet the medical needs of people with chronic diseases.
'World Vision Lebanon has had offices in those damaged areas for many years and has partners and networks in the area,' Akkary. 'All medications will be administered by a qualified staff working in these dispensaries and only after a doctor's consultation. Requests for such medications have been made in co-ordination with other donors and UN agencies, especially WHO, through weekly co-ordination meetings and health clusters.'
The project is possible through a $50,000 donation from Irish Aid. [ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]
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