WHO has provided medical supplies and equipment to the Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan region of Iraq to support response efforts in fighting COVID-19. The 7-truck consignment totalling US$ 426 732 included 151 pallets of medical supplies, and hospital consumables, in addition to 46 pallets of renewable and supplementary items of the Inter-agency Emergency Health Kit (IEHK) sufficient for a population of approximately 200 000 for 3 months.
The consignment also included 3 intensive care unit ventilators and monitors along with personal protective equipment and virus transportation medium, all of which comes as timely support to the Ministry of Health's efforts to fight and contain COVID-19 in the Kurdistan region.
In addition, a shipment of 30 hospital beds were sent to Sulaymaniyah.
This was made possible with the generous support of Kuwait and USAID.