Spain donates 35,000 Euro to prevent spread of disease in Costa Rica
December 22nd, 2008 | by admin |To fight the spread of illness in the Caribbean region, Spain last week announced it would be donating 35,000 Euro (USD 47,900) through the Spanish International Cooperation Agency.
The spread of diseases followed heavy flooding that hit the area at the end of November and early December. The donation would go via the Pan-American Health Organisation to Costa Rica’s Public Health Ministry, according to a press release from the Spanish agency. It added that the funds would be used to “prevent problems such as dengue, malaria and pests, as well as ensure the quality of drinking water in homes and sanitary infrastructure.”
Spain joins countries such as France, the United States and the Netherlands as donors following the latest flooding, which left one person dead, forced more than 5,000 people out of their homes and caused more than USD 75,000 in infrastructural damage, primarily in the Caribbean province of Limon. France donated 50,000 Euro (about USD 68,400) and the United States gave USD 50,000, and loaned helicopters for evacuation operations. The Dutch, meanwhile, have pledged engineering expertise in flood prevention.
