Sierra Leone charges 29 with defrauding Gates Fund
Associated Press :Freetown, Sierra Leone, Mar 11 2013, 01:26 IST
The head of Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Commission says that 29 government health officials will appear in court on corruption charges for having allegedly defrauded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's vaccine program.
Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara told The Associated Press that the government's Chief Medical Officer, Doctor Kisito Sheku Daoh, six other medical doctors and 22 health officials are charged with defrauding the Gates Foundation's Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation Fund of USD 523,000.
He said all those charged are out on bail and scheduled to appear in court on March 18.
The Gates Foundation's immunisation fund has suspended payments of USD 6 million to Sierra Leone over the allegations of misuse of funds.
The immunisation fund has disbursed more than USD 27 million to Sierra Leone since 2001.
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