UNFPA sends in childbirth supplies

JAKARTA: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) dispatched on Friday trucks carrying 14 tons of childbirth equipment and reproductive health supplies to Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province.

"The equipment is expected to provide pregnant women in Aceh access with adequate treatment and to prevent any complications that could endanger lives," UNFPA representative in Indonesia Bernard Coquelin said.

He underlined that the need to secure reproductive health was often overlooked after a disaster, and thus added to the death toll instead. -- JP