HE Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor General at King Salman’s Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Action, and Dr Mahmoud Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean6 August 2017 – In the fight against the cholera outbreak in Yemen and to help alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people, HRH Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman and Dr Mahmoud Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, and HE Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor General at King Salman’s Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Action, signed an agreement to put the donation of the King Salman Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Action into effect, in a ceremony held in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, 3 August 2017.
Dr Fikri expressed renewed appreciation for HRH Crown Prince acknowledgement of US$ 66.7 million to help fight this disease, the full total amount of a United Nations pledge to respond to the cholera crisis and support the Yemeni people. Out of the full amount, WHO is receiving US$ 33.7 allocated for the medical and health response. This amount is in addition to the projects amounting to US$ 8.2 million recently signed with WHO and the Centre.
The King Salman Centre has also been supporting the efforts of Yemen's Ministry of Public Health and Population to control the spread of cholera by providing 550 tons of medicine, medical supplies and intravenous and oral solutions,in addition to implementing health and sanitation projects.
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