Acting High Commissioner speech at the anti-diarrhoea kit launch
Speaking in Lusaka at the launch of Kit Yamoyo, an anti-diarrhoea kit, Acting High Commissioner Lucy Joyce said:
Kit Yamoyo launch
바카라 사이트淕ood evening everyone and welcome to the British High Commission.
바카라 사이트淣ow let me welcome our Guest of Honour, the Honourable Minister of Health Dr Kasonde. I would also like to welcome representatives from the Cooperating Partners; and from COMESA 바카라 사이트� the Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa; representatives from the Private Sector including the Managing Director from Shoprite Mr Charles Bota; and representatives from SABMiller; the Country Director of the Clinton Health Access Initiative; and representatives from other NGOs and businesses joining us here tonight.
바카라 사이트淚 would also like to give a special welcome to Simon Berry, the founder of ColaLife, and to their local partners Keepers Zambia Foundation, Mr John Msimuko, and Pharmanova, Mr Mohmed Seedat.
바카라 사이트淚 am delighted that we are all here today to launch the Kit Yamoyo in Shoprite stores throughout the country. Kit Yamoyo 바카라 사이트� the 바카라 사이트楰it of Life바카라 사이트� - is an anti-diarrhoea kit, which was developed and tested in Zambia by ColaLife 바카라 사이트� a small UK NGO - with the help of funding from the UK바카라 사이트檚 Department for International Development (DFID). So it is appropriate that we celebrate this next big step in Kit Yamoyo바카라 사이트檚 life here at the British High Commission. I think tonight바카라 사이트檚 event is also a celebration of Simon and his wife Jane바카라 사이트檚 hard work and persistence, and of the long partnership between ColaLife and DFID.
바카라 사이트淭his launch marks the availability of Kit Yamoyo in Shoprite stores nationwide. This is of huge significance as only a few 바카라 사이트� less than 1% of children who need it 바카라 사이트� get this simple treatment for diarrhoea, which is the third biggest killer of children under 5 in this country.
바카라 사이트淐olaLife has been working with and through local partners in Zambia since 2009, when 바카라 사이트� inspired by Coca-Cola바카라 사이트檚 ability to reach even small shops in remote villages 바카라 사이트� they came to Zambia on a fact finding visit.
바카라 사이트淥ne of the first people ColaLife contacted was Dr Bonface Fundafunda, then advisor to the Minister of Health and now Director at Medical Stores Limited. MSL played a key role in early trials and is now set to help distribute Kit Yamoyo.
바카라 사이트淭hat first visit by ColaLife was the start of a close relationship between ColaLife and Zambia바카라 사이트檚 Ministry of Health, who remain amongst the most important and influential supporters.
바카라 사이트淚 would like to recognise the role of the Ministry in supporting ColaLife. Since ColaLife바카라 사이트檚 first visit in 2009, the Ministry has provided advice, policy guidance, and also great vision, in backing the first children바카라 사이트檚 diarrhoea kit in the world designed specifically for easy use by customers in their home, wherever they may live.
바카라 사이트淚 also mentioned the long-standing relationship with DFID. DfID agreed to co-fund - together with companies such as Johnson & Johnson, SABMiller, and with significant support from COMESA - the first trial of the novel anti-diarrhoea kit and its distribution model. It is wonderful to see some of these early supporters here tonight, including the Deputy Secretary General of COMESA, Dr Kipyego Cheluget, as well as Panji Banda, one of ColaLife바카라 사이트檚 original mentors from SABMiller 바카라 사이트� who also kindly supplied the refreshments we are enjoying.
바카라 사이트淭hat first trial, overseen by the Ministry and by UNICEF, ran from 2011-2013. It produced a lot of learning points, but most importantly, increased children바카라 사이트檚 use of Oral Rehydration Salts and Zinc for diarrhoea,from only 1% to 45%.
바카라 사이트淏ased on these results, DFID바카라 사이트檚 support for Kit Yamoyo is continuing 바카라 사이트� and is now focusing more on helping to embed Kit Yamoyo in the Zambian market. Through the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Fund, ColaLife and its local partner Keepers Zambia Foundation, receive a grant to target 14 of the most under-served districts in Zambia to ensure availability of Kit Yamoyo in rural health centers.
바카라 사이트淭he SUN Fund is a $27m multi-donor fund that supports the 바카라 사이트 of Zambia to implement its 바카라 사이트�1000 Most Critical Days Programme바카라 사이트�. This national programme aims to reduce the very high levels of chronic undernutrition in Zambia, and its contribution to high infant and child mortality rates.
바카라 사이트淎 special welcome to the representatives from to co-funders of the SUN Fund - Sweden and Ireland - and to the new country director of CARE Zambia, who are responsible for managing the Fund, Mrs Geraldine Zwack.
바카라 사이트淥ne other way in which DFID is supporting Kit Yamoyo and its distribution is through 바카라 사이트淯K Aid Direct바카라 사이트� which enables CSOs to receive matched funding to widen their reach and impact. The focus of this project is on Lusaka Province, and we are glad to welcome here tonight Lusaka바카라 사이트檚 Provincial Medical Officer, Dr Kennedy Malama.
바카라 사이트淭his new partnership with Shoprite that we are launching here today adds another partner to the list of Kit Yamoyo supporters, and another channel through which the people of Zambia will be able to access this simple, but life-saving treatment.
바카라 사이트淚 would now like to hand over to Mr Simon Berry, one of the founders of ColaLife, to give us an overview of the Kit Yamoyo project. 바카라 사이트�