Malnutrition, West Africa's steady killer
The European Commission (EC) is ready to increase its aid to fight malnutrition in Burkina Faso if current EC nutrition projects prove to be "success stories," said its humanitarian chief Louis Michel.
OUAGADOUGOU, 15 September 2008 (IRIN) - Michel announced the new commitment during the opening of a European Commission Development and Humanitarian Aid office (ECHO) in the capital, Ouagadougou, on 13 September.
ECHO is currently funding some ten humanitarian projects in Burkina Faso worth €12 million, (US$17 million), mostly to fight malnutrition among children and women.
ECHO's partners include the UN children's fund, UNICEF, the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, UK-based OXFAM, Paris-based Action Contre la Faim, the Burkinabe Red Cross Society and Canadian Children's Aid Society.
"If it [EC programs] works well, there won't be any obstacle to mobilise funds from the [European] Commission and its member states because success is the most convincing argument," Michel added.
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