Vaccine refrigerators for Kyrgyzstan. Health Minister mixes up USAID with UNICEF

AKIPRESS.COM - The Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan said provision of cold chain for storage and transportation of vaccines (refrigerators, freezers, etc.) will be discussed with UNICEF.
Health Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliev said in Parliament earlier USAID will provide refrigerators and syringes for vaccination to Kyrgyzstan free of charge.
"The Ministry of Health apologizes for inaccurate information related with USAID. The USAID is one of main partners of the Ministry of Health. For this reason the confusion occurred when this partner was named," the Health Ministry's press service said.