ECOWAS EQUIPS ITS MEMBER STATES WITH 30 MEDICAL AMBULANCES TO STRENGTHEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS.

ECOWAS EQUIPS ITS MEMBER STATES WITH 30 MEDICAL AMBULANCES TO STRENGTHEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS.

ECOWAS, through the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) in partnership with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), organised, on 14 th August 2026 in Lomé, Togo, the official handover ceremony for thirty (30) Land Cruiser 78 Series medical ambulances, equipped with biomedical equipment, for the benefit of ECOWAS member states.

The ceremony was attended by H.E. Dr Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Ms Damtien Tchintchibidja, Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission; Mr Jean-Marie Koffi Ewonoulé Tessi, Minister for Health, Public Hygiene, Universal Health Coverage and Insurance of the Togolese Republic; Dr Melchior Athanase Aïssi, Director-General of WAHO; Mr Kossi Edjam, representative of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, as well as representatives of ECOWAS Member States. It also marked the official launch of the deployment of ambulances to the beneficiary states.