Contact:
Margaret Aguirre
Director, Global Communications
International Medical Corps
maguirre@internationalmedicalcorps.org
310.826.7800
October 28, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif.
- International Medical Corps received a $700,000 grant from the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation to respond to a deadly cholera outbreak in northern
Cameroon. The response will target the districts of Koza, Mogode, and Mokolo,
where half of the reported cases have occurred, and will provide comprehensive
cholera services, including treatment, surveillance, water and sanitation,