The COVID-19 pandemic has already infected over 7 million people and killed more than 400,000 people around the world with the number still increasing every day. As the virus spreads, the Philippine health system is ill-equipped to deal with the need to reduce the transmission and promote outbreak control.

Aligning with the System Building Blocks framework of the World Health Organization, Project K3 will focus on three of the six system blocks: 

(1) Service Delivery,
(2) Health Workforce, and
(3) Health Information System

Project K3 is collaborating with key international and local health organizations to target service delivery, health workforce, and health information systems gaps.

The team has begun conducting a baseline assessment and initial coordination with the target areas in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao to facilitate course development and IEC production. 

The phase 1 of the project is targeted to be fully-implemented by the first quarter of 2021.

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Project PAG-ASA

PROJECT PAGASA is a joint initiative of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at the Watson Institute of Brown University, Project HOPE, and Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation. This 2020 COVID-19 training engaged 90 Filipino health workers from across the country and trained them on core competencies, including biology and transmission mechanisms; infection prevention and control; contact tracing; screening and triage; diagnosis and management; stabilization and resuscitation; health facility operations and surge capacity; and risk communication and public health messaging. The training utilized the training-of-trainers model to quickly build a cadre of competent instructors who can teach the material to other health workers.

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PROJECT T3

T3 (for Test, Trace, Treat) is the private sector-led initiative that was formed in April 2020 to support the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), the Department of Health and the NTF in their efforts to combat COVID-19.

To date, it has helped to strengthen the country’s anti-pandemic capabilities by constructing isolation centers, donating testing equipment and PPEs, helping to launch the One Hospital Command Center and assisting with data management requirements. It has helped to increase the country’s testing laboratories from 17 to 162 testing labs throughout the country.”

“To date, it has helped to strengthen the country’s anti-pandemic capabilities by constructing isolation centers, donating testing equipment and PPEs, helping to launch the One Hospital Command Center and assisting with data management requirements. It has helped to increase the country’s testing laboratories from 17 to 162 testing labs throughout the country

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PROJECT KAAGAPAY

Launched in partnership with Zuellig Pharma, ABS-CBN, and Metro Drug, Kaagapay is a fundraising initiative that aims to provide much needed medical equipment such as personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators for hospitals in the Philippines.

Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, the Philippines is facing a medical equipment shortage, which puts the lives of frontliners at risk and interferes with the provision of care for those that are seriously ill. Kaagapay seeks to address this need by utilizing pooled procurement mechanisms and supply chain processes in providing ventilators and PPEs for the healthcare sector. The initiative, which began its initial run last 31 March 2020, also includes test kits and other life-saving medical equipment.

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