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Israel Upgrades Kenya's Medical Abilities


(Israel Today) Ryan Jones - Israel provided a major boost to the Kenyan medical system in November when a team of Israeli aid workers built the first full emergency room in Kisumu, the country's third largest city. A team of 10 Israeli engineers built the state-of-the-art facility and equipped it with the best medical equipment, all free of charge, in a project undertaken by MASHAV, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Agency for International Development Cooperation. On Monday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced that it will use the new facility as a base from which to train local Kenyans in emergency medicine. MASHAV also intends to repeat the Kenyan project in Uganda and Tanzania in the coming years.
2011-01-14 08:48:46
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