Congo-Kinshasa: British Government Gives US $900,000 in Medical Aid

The British ambassador in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jim Atkinson, said on Tuesday that Britain would give US $900,000 in December for health projects in the DRC. The funding, part of a $27 million bilateral aid programme for the DRC, would be used to provide medicine and medical equipment, to rebuild health facilities and train medical personnel, Atkinson said.