United Nations Supports Frontline Healthcare Workers and Communities to Protect Themselves Against COVID-19

ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ: 

"The Access to Health Fund, funded by the United Kingdom, Sweden, United States and Switzerland and managed by the UN’s Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is supporting the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS), ethnic health providers and communities with the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). In April, over 150,000 surgical gloves and more than 500,000 surgical masks were procured to help protect frontline healthcare workers. An additional 2,000 person/days of PPEs will be handed over to the Ministry soon. Furthermore, UNOPS’s Access to Health Fund plans to provide at least 50,000 coveralls in mid-May to support MoHS and ethnic health providers in Myanmar’s conflict-affected areas. With support from the Women and Girls First (WGF) Programme, funded by Australia, European Union, Germany, Finland, Sweden and Italy, and the Access to Health Fund, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has also provided protective supplies, including 12,000 surgical masks, hand sanitizers, face shields and PPEs to Maternal Reproductive Health Division of the Department of Public Health in Nay Pyi Taw. Additionally, a total of 1,500 PPE kits have been provided for State Health Departments in Kachin, Kayin, Mon, Shan and Rakhine states. UNFPA supports the MoHS to keep health systems functioning and plans to provide a further 3,000 PPE kits for midwives to maintain the provision of sexual and reproductive health and rights services. This will be the first phase of PPE support to midwives, in addition to making available training resources for COVID-19 adapted service provision to pregnant women..."

Creator/author: 

Aye Win

ရင်းမြစ်: 

"United Nations" (Myanmar)

Date of Publication: 

2020-05-14

Date of entry: 

2020-05-14

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား: 

Countries: 

Myanmar

Language: 

English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good