Unicef has come to the rescue of Madagascar in treating Covid 19 patients requiring respiratory support.
The children international organization has gifted 200 oxygen concentrators to the Malagasy government this week.
Since the Covid 19 outbreak in March 2020 in Madagascar, some 20,000 people have been affected by COVID-19 in Madagascar.
Half of them have been treated with oxygen, thanks to the 67,700m3 of oxygen provided by Unicef and its donors to 36 hospitals.
Both the supply of oxygen in the form of cylinders and the concentrators are part of UNICEF’s support to the Project Coordination Unit within the Ministry of Public Health and to the Government of Madagascar, to assist in their response to the COVID-19 emergency. The partnership between UNICEF and the government is funded by the World Bank, with additional emergency funds from the United Nations, the Danish government, and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO).
UNICEF’s support also includes the supply and upgrading of oxygen cylinders to provide care of persons with moderate, severe and critical symptoms, as well as the refurbishment and purchase of oxygen concentrators in priority areas across the country.
Vaccination campaign has also started recently in Madagascar, who faces a famine and drought outbreak in the southern part of the country.
