Programs and events

August 25, 2012

Major Johanek hands over medical supplies to Colonel Andrikaye

American and Chadian Soldiers Join Forces in the Fight Against AIDS

The American Embassy’s Acting Defense Attaché, Major Robert J. Johanek, presented a shipment of medicines, drugs, test kits and other materials -- worth nearly one million francs CFA -- to medical authorities at N'djamena's Military Hospital on Thursday morning, August 23.  The drugs and supplies will be used in the hospital’s HIV/AIDS wing, to help sick soldiers combat certain debilitating illnesses linked to the disease (often referred to as ‘opportunistic infections’).  The Chadian Defense Ministry’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Coordinator, Colonel Andrinkaye Allao Dounia, thanked the American Embassy for the donation, noting: "AIDS is a global menace, and we appreciate the helping hand that the U.S. Department of Defense’s gift of medical supplies is giving us to fight and control the deadly disease."