Providing Face Coverings in Madagascar
U.S. Government Provides 4,000 Face Coverings to Protect Health Workers Responding to Coronavirus in Madagascar.
—Front-line health care workers in Toliara and Moramanga received 4,000 additional medical grade face coverings to protect them from COVID-19.
The donation is thanks to a collaborative effort between the United States Africa Command,
which provided the funds to buy the locally-made face coverings, the Madagascar Ministry of
Public Health, which identified the areas for the face coverings to be delivered, and USAID
Madagascar, whose IMPACT health project operated by PSI Madagascar arranged for the
delivery of the protective equipment via the Regional Directorates of Health to the front-line workers. The donation in Moramanga was also supported by staff from the USAID RANO WASH project.
Photo credit: USAID RANO WASH. Original public domain image from Flickr