HM the King hands royal donation of medicines and medical-technical equipment to Guinea-Bissau’s anti-AIDS secretariat

PERSISMA, Bissau – HM King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Guinea-Bissau’s president José Mario Vaz, handed, on Friday at the National Simao Mendes Hospital in Bissau, a royal donation made of consignments of medicines and medical-technical equipment for the Guinea-Bissau’s national anti-AIDS secretariat (SNLS).

Upon his arrival at the National Simao Mendes Hospital, HM the King, who is on an official visit to Guinea-Bissau, was greeted mainly by Guinea-Bissau’s prime minister Domingos Simoes Pereira, public health minister Valentina Mendes and president-delegate of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Sustainable Development Mustapha Terrab.

The royal donation offered by the Mohammed VI Foundation for Sustainable Development is part of laudable initiatives by HM the King who is tirelessly striving to bestow a human aspect on Morocco’s solidarity with the continent’s countries and south-south cooperation.

On this occasion, technical data on the components of this donation were given to HM the King and the Bissau-Guinean president.

This royal donation is composed of over two tons of medicines to treat AIDS-related diseases and infections.

It comprises also a batch of 3.5 tons of medical-technical equipment for diagnosis, including radiology material, monitoring medical material (ICU), mother/child medical material and laboratory material, as well as 4.5 tons of medical fungible (consumable and suture products for surgical use).

Source: MAP