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FedEx announces second pandemic dedicated flight
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, today announced the arrival of a second dedicated charter flight carrying critical medical aid to India.
This is part of the company’s continuous relief efforts to support India’s fight against the recent COVID-19 surge.
On May 16, more than 780 oxygen concentrators, over 1.8 million KN95 masks, and medicines and pharmaceutical supplies were unloaded from a FedEx Boeing 777F charter flight in New Delhi, India. These supplies were provided by Direct Relief and will ultimately be delivered to healthcare facilities across India. This is in addition to the first FedEx donated charter flight that arrived on May 9, which transported more than 3,400 oxygen concentrators, converters, and nearly 265,000 KN95 masks for Direct Relief to Mumbai, India. Both charters originated in Newark, New Jersey.
UNMISS hands over much-needed new incinerator to Malakal Teaching Hospital
A hospital worker is pictured going to dispose medical waste at the new incinerator at Malakal Teaching Hospital. This much-needed disposal site was funded by UNMISS and constructed by the International Medical Corps; it was built as part of the mission’s ongoing support to the national-led COVID-19 response in the country. Photo courtesy International Medical Corps. 17 May 2021 Janet Adongo
Patients and health workers in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state have a reason to smile despite the gloomy weather brought on by the heavy rainy season. A medical waste disposal site funded by UNMISS and constructed by the International Medical Corps (IMC) is now ready for use following its completion.
Alumni group honours Adadevoh six years after death The Punch
Published 15 May 2021
Over six years after her death, the Queen’s School Ede/Ibadan Old Girls Association is set to honour the late Dr Ameyo Adadevoh with the inauguration of a multipurpose building.
The event holds at the Bell Event Centre, Lagos Island, on May 22, according to a statement by the association titled, ‘Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh: The Ebola Heroine.’
The association said women were making an indelible mark in various fields from politics to finance to sports to healthcare, and so on, but said that perhaps one of the most influential women in recent history was the late Adadevoh.