Khartoum – The Italian government through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, will donate 500’000 euro for a new project implemented by UNICEF in the Red Sea State. The project, lasting 12 months, will be implemented in five provinces of the eastern state with the aim of preventing and control malnutrition, with particular attention to children 0-5 years old and women lactating and pregnant. Through the Italian contribution, UNICEF will provide technical assistance and support to the Ministry of Health of the Red Sea State, its main partner in the region. Representatives of UNICEF, Abdullah A. Fadil, and the Italian government, the Italian Ambassador Fabrizio Lobasso, met in recent days with the Khartoum office of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation for the Agreement signing ceremony. (9Colonne)