The supplies, including pills and implants, have already been paid for by US taxpayers - and will cost another $167,000 to destroy
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The supplies, including pills and implants, have already been paid for by US taxpayers - and will cost another $167,000 to destroy
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A stock of $9.7m (£7.2m) worth of contraceptives, purchased by the US for use in low-income countries is now in transit to France to be burnt rather than distributed as aid.
Offers by organizations to buy the supplies, which were purchased for women in low-income countries, were reportedly rejected.
The life-saving drugs and contraceptives have been sitting in warehouses since January
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