By Kevin McCauley
?Jefferson Waterman International has inked a five-year pact with Gambia to provide various professional, strategic advisory and PR services.
JWI VP Jackson McDonald is former U.S. ambassador to Gambia.
It will be paid $600K per-year in payable in advance of the year of service. The deal includes establishment of a $200K yearly escrow account to cover vouchered travel and other expenses, according to the contract.
Gambia’s president Yahya Jammeh has come under fire for his plan to open a 1,100-bed hospital to treat HIV/AIDs patients with what he believes is a herbal cure.
“With this project coming to fruition, we intend to treat 10,000 HIV/AIDS patients every six months through natural medicine,” Jammeh said during his new year’s address.
United Nations and World Health Organization officials have panned his plan because it removes anti-retroviral drugs from patients, which increases the risk of infection.
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