The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Inspector General (OIG) relaunched its “Make a Difference” Malaria hotline to make it easier for Nigerians to report stolen and falsified antimalarial drugs. The hotline now has a new local telephone number, operates 24 hours a day, and uses English-speaking operators. The hotline continues to offer rewards between $100 and $10,000 for previously unknown, usable information about theft, counterfeiting, resale, or other abuses of U.S. Government-funded antimalarial commodities.
On October 5, the United States of America, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced $92.73 million in additional developmental assistance to support the five-year $2.3 billion agreement signed with the Nigeria Government in 2015.
The U.S. government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today that it will be providing more than $37 million in additional humanitarian assistance to people affected by the ongoing conflict and severe food insecurity in Nigeria and throughout the Lake Chad Basin.
The Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria, Michael T. Harvey, concluded a three-day visit to Maiduguri, Borno State to discuss current and future U.S. government efforts for Borno and the Lake Chad Basin region.
In Nigeria, attacks on civilian populations perpetrated by Boko Haram have claimed the lives of more than 15,000 people, displaced 2.15 million within the country and left 4.6 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. To alleviate the food needs of this population, USAID’s Food for Peace program delivers emergency food assistance through electronic vouchers (e-vouchers) to more than 130,000 conflict-affected people.
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