国务院与联合国儿童基金会达成一年期协议：2500万美元续供最贫困国家母婴健康物资
华盛顿 — 美国国务院与联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）达成一项为期一年的协议，由联合国儿童基金会负责为全球最贫困国家采购并运送母婴、新生儿与儿童健康物资。据路透社报道，协议金额为2,500万美元，国务院发言人以电邮向路透社确认了这一安排，联合国儿童基金会表示订单尚未下达、预计很快启动。
协议覆盖此前供货项目所及的至少15个国家，包括刚果民主共和国、海地与马里，物资包括孕产与新生儿救治所需的药品、设备及部分营养物资。此前承担供货的美国国际发展署（USAID）全球健康供应链承包项目已于上月底到期，刚果东部等地医疗机构已出现催产素、儿童用抗生素等救命物资断供。
国务院同时表示，已延长部分疟疾与艾滋病关键物资的既有交付安排，并与抗击艾滋病、结核病和疟疾全球基金达成协议，允许受援国通过该基金的订购平台订购由美国资助的相关物资。国务院称，已优先确保所有救命物资持续可靠供应。（GSM 据路透社报道）
State Department Signs One-Year, $25 Million Deal With UNICEF for Maternal and Child Health Supplies
Washington — The U.S. State Department has reached a one-year agreement under which UNICEF will procure and deliver maternal, newborn and child health supplies to some of the world's poorest countries, according to Reuters. The agreement is worth $25 million, a State Department spokesperson confirmed to Reuters by email, and UNICEF said no orders have been placed yet but are expected shortly.
The deal covers at least 15 previously served countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti and Mali, and includes medicines and equipment for mothers and newborns as well as some nutrition supplies. The USAID global health supply-chain contract that previously handled the donations expired at the end of last month, and facilities in eastern Congo have already reported stockouts of life-saving items such as oxytocin and paediatric antibiotics.
The State Department said it has also extended deliveries of some key malaria and HIV items and reached an arrangement with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria allowing countries to order U.S.-funded supplies through the Fund's platform. (GSM, via Reuters)
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