Starving children in Sudan won't have to go without the therapeutic super milk they need to grow healthy thanks to Canadian generosity, World Vision Canada and a Canadian-owned pharmaceutical company based in Oakville. The super milk recipe was developed by UN's World Health Organization, and Canada is one of the only countries in the world to start producing it. The super milk also contains sugar and oil to add calories. Pharmabiotics is a subdivision of Medi Pharma.
Therapeutic milk is one of the only foods severely malnourished children can digest well.
Toycen brought the Sudan famine to the attention of Canadians after visiting the drought-stricken Bahr el Ghazal region last April. Pharmabiotics produces generic drugs such as painkillers, cold medications, and disinfectants. The company has participated in projects assisted by the World Bank, the UN's Development Program, CIDA, the African Development Bank, and numerous other government bodies. The company's president Mrs. Pramila Majithia says she met with her employees to ask their cooperation in producing the milk for Sudan on a very tight schedule.