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    | 17:35:30 | 20-06-2005 | Regions |

    THE BURNS FAMILY HELPS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

    On 21 June Miss Thorda Abbott-Watt, the British Ambassador, and Mrs Rebecca
    Kohler, Chief of Party of Project NOVA, will visit Tavush Marz to donate
    medical equipment and supplies worth $25,000 to three hospitals. Mr Armen
    Ghularyan, the Tavush Marzpet and Dr Karine Dovlatbekyan, the Head of the
    Department of Health and Social Affairs, will accompany them. The donation
    includes an incubator, a sonograph machine, medical supplies and related
    clinical training.

    The donation will be given to the Tavoush region. Tavush is one of the most
    remote marzes in the country, with a population of 120,000, of which 60%
    live in rural areas. The region has suffered disproportionately from the
    socio-economic changes of the last fifteen years. It has higher than average
    infant mortality and childhood anemia rates and there is limited access to
    specialized care for many rural families. Approximately 1000 infants are
    born each year in the marz.

    The USAID-supported Project NOVA is providing the equipment and clinical
    training in co-operation with the British Embassy. The British Embassy also
    supports efforts to strengthen the marz-wide infrastructure and community
    development through the DfID ARDEP programme.
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