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Emergency Contraception (NorLevo program)

Donation for Tsunami victims

 
Project's type General support to NGOs
Region Asia
Countries South-East Asia
Project's name Donation for Tsunami victims
Project's goal The project was to undertake packing of medicines for South East Asian “emergency kits”, aiming at containing enough medicines to help 10 000 persons for 3 months.
Partners - International Dispensary Association (IDA) Foundation
Partners' website > http://www.idafoundation.org
Starting date 2004
Project's description The levonorgestrel-only ECP was to be included in the kits, for IDA to be in a position to send the other medicines included as well in the program.
Number of units donated 14,400 units
Current situation When informed about the project, HRA Pharma offered to provide IDA with a donation of the NorLevo treatments, shipment that was performed within very few days, thus allowing IDA to secure the packing of the emergency kits for the various countries which have been hit by the tsunami.
 

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