CANADIAN HEALTH AID.Health Partners International of Canada on March 8 announced it is teaming up with concerned humanitarians to make its latest contribution in an ongoing medical aid program to the people of Cuba. The program was inspired by the late Pierre Elliot Trudeau, and has since seen more than Cdn$23 million (wholesale) in donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. Canadian medicines, medical supplies and vaccines delivered to Cuba. Health Partners Director, and former Trudeau cabinet minister, Judy Erola Judith Jacobson Erola, PC (born January 16, 1934 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the Canadian House of Commons from 1980 to 1984. She was a member of the Liberal Party. said the program was launched in 1995 with 800,000 doses of influenza vaccine influenza vaccine Flu vaccine A vaccine recommended for those at high risk for serious complications from influenza: > age 65; Pts with chronic diseases of heart, lung or kidneys, DM, immunosuppression, severe anemia, nursing home and other chronic-care . The latest contribution comes the form of a donation of 800,000 doses of Vaxigrip (influenza influenza or flu, acute, highly contagious disease caused by a virus; formerly known as the grippe. There are three types of the virus, designated A, B, and C, but only types A and B cause more serious contagious infections. ) vaccine provided by Canada's leading vaccine company, Aventis Pasteur Ltd, with a wholesale value of Cdn$4.5 million. Flu is the fourth leading cause of death among elderly Cubans, Aventis Pasteur President J. Mark Lievonen. "With the amount offered us, it is possible to cover 90% of the population over 65 years of age" reducing the number of deaths by about 3,000, said Cuba's Minister of Public Health, Dr. Carlos Dotres Martinez. Air Transat Air Transat A.T. Inc. is an airline based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operating scheduled and charter flights and serving 90 destinations in 25 countries. The airline is owned and operated by Transat A.T. , a Canadian carrier, is donating space aboard a Toronto-to-Cuba flight to transport the 4.4 tons of vaccine free of charge. *** Copyright 2002 |
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