About 13,000 boxes of items for newborns distributed under New Life programme
12:24 | 14.05.2019 Category: Social
Chisinau, 14 May /MOLDPRES/- About 13,000 boxes of items for newborns were distributed under the government programme New Life, released on 1 December 2018.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection, most boxes were distributed in the maternity hospitals in the municipalities of Chisinau and Balti, followed by Cahul, Ungheni, Ialoveni, Criuleni, Orhei, Floresti and Hincesti districts.
The programme aims to support the young families to cover expenses in childbirth. To achieve this, 68 million lei had been earmarked.
Currently, maternity packages with newborn items are offered in Finland, the USA, Scotland, Argentina and Ukraine.
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