Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (Assist) partners with Project HOPE, an international global health organization, to save the lives of healthcare workers in the Philippines with delivery of needed supplies and skills training as they continue to fight the clear dangers of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Under the “Saving the Lives of Healthcare Workers” project in the Philippines, Assist and Project HOPE will distribute kits of personal protective equipment (PPE) to select hospitals and health facilities in Covid-19 hotspots in the Philippines. In addition, the project will provide Covid-19 Infection Prevention and Controls (IPC) training to healthcare workers to help ensure they are better prepared to safely screen and treat patients. The training courses are based on a curriculum on Covid-19 prevention, triage, and treatment, developed by Project HOPE and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at the Watson Institute of Brown University. In order to ensure sustained support to healthcare workers, the project will also support targeted hospitals and health facilities with technical assistance for an improved IPC management through identification of gaps and needs and implementing improved controls, practices, and protocols.