Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding work of Health Partners International of Canada which recently sent out a shipment of Canadian medical aid, including essential drugs valued at over $2.1 million, to Afghanistan.
HPIC was able to send this shipment thanks to donations from a whole host of research based pharmaceutical companies, the embassy of Afghanistan, the Non-prescription Drug Manufacturers Association, groups like GlaxoSmithKline and many others.
The WHO stated, “This Canadian shipment stands out uniquely among all medical aid programs that the WHO has been involved with in Afghanistan. Canada should be very proud of what this unique partnership has accomplished”.
Speaking personally, I can say that Health Partners International enables essential medications to get to people on the ground in the most dispossessed and conflict ridden places in the world. It is something that is a true success story in Canada.