new york city announces aid for ghana-欧洲杯在线开户

november 9, 2021city is providing medical  supplies to tamale teaching hospital in northern ghana, a collaborating  partner of the nyu grossman school of medicinenew york—as  part of the city’s covid-19 humanitarian relief efforts, mayor bill de blasio  today announced the city of new york has donated medical supplies and personal  protective equipment to tamale teaching hospital in northern ghana.  tamale teaching hospital provides highly specialized tertiary medical care  to over 100,000 patients each year and is a teaching hospital for  undergraduate and postgraduate medical students and other health professionals.  nyu grossman school of medicine’s section for  global health leads the academic model providing access to healthcare (ampath)  consortium of academic health centers in the ampath ghana partnership with the  university for development studies school of medicine, tamale teaching  hospital, and other affiliated institutions in northern ghana.delivery of the donation will be aided by the afya foundation,  which brings donated medical supplies to underserved and compromised health  systems globally. donated supplies will include test kits, n95 masks, isolation  gowns, and face shields.“early on during the covid-19 crisis, communities across the  nation and the world stepped up to help to new york city,” said mayor bill  de blasio. “now, it’s our turn. this donation to our partners in ghana is  another example of new york city’s commitment to helping communities across the  world fight against covid-19.”“just like new york city received assistance when we needed  it most, it is our moral duty to assist others facing the threat of covid-19  around the world,” said deputy mayor for health and human services melanie  hartzog. “i thank nyu, the afya foundation and our city agencies for coming  together to make this donation to ghana possible.”“new york city was the epicenter at the beginning of the  pandemic, and the world came together to help us in getting lifesaving ppe to  our medical workers,” said health commissioner dr. chokshi. “we continue  to stand in solidarity with our friends in ghana and with other communities  around the world in the global fight against covid-19.”“the global challenge of covid-19 requires all of us to come  together to help save lives,” said lisette camilo, commissioner of the  nyc department of citywide administrative services. “new york city was very  fortunate in the support we received during the early days of the pandemic, and  we are proud to pay it forward and help those who are most in need today.”“several layers of collaborations and partnerships at different  levels have helped culminate in these donations from afya and the nyc to help  in ghana’s covid-19 fight,” said dr. kareem mumuni, ag. ceo - tamale teaching  hospital.  

“as a healthcare facility, the tamale teaching hospital is excited because, not  only will we be beneficiaries of this support, but more so because we will  serve as conduit for these items to reach other healthcare facilities within  the hard-to-reach areas of northern ghana, as well as other sister teaching,  secondary and primary healthcare facilities in other regions of the country. we  are grateful to all our partners and collaborators. together, we can indeed  achieve more!” "we are delighted that our academic model providing access to  healthcare (ampath) ghana partnership has catalyzed this donation, and we hope  it will strengthen ghana""s response to the covid-19 pandemic,” said dr.  rajesh vedanthan, executive director of ampath ghana and the director of the  section for global health at nyu grossman school of medicine. “it is a  wonderful example of how we can leverage the power of academic institutions to  improve population health and advance global health equity.”“we were proud to connect nyu-langone with dcas in  pursuit of this critical initiative,” said danielle butin, founder and  ceo, afya foundation. “with over a decade of experience  delivering surplus medical supplies to communities in need all over the world,  we are honored to lend our logistics expertise to this initiative. this  donation is a beautiful example of what can happen when we work together and  are generous with our resources.”“our ampath  partnership with nyu grossman school of medicine and tamale teaching hospital  is guided by the principle of leading with care," said professor stephen tabiri, dean, university for  development studies school of medicine, tamale. "therefore, we are excited to see  our partnership generate this substantial donation of medical supplies to  augment our covid-19 response, both locally and across the country."“calbank plc, ghana, is excited to be part of this ppe donation  project as a partner responsible for financing the shipping cost,” said mr.  philip owiredu, ceo calbank. “we recognize that our continued  existence and success is dependent on working together with the right partners  to fight the covid-19 pandemic. calbank will continue to deliver on its  responsibility, concern and commitment towards our society’s sustainability and  development.”donated items were recently shipped to ghana and should arrive in  early december. the donation includes 1.2 million test kits, nearly 150,000 n95  masks, 30,000 isolation gowns, and 7,500 face shields, with a total value  estimated at over $4.7 million.the donation announced today follows covid-19 response-related  donations the city made to india in may, and to indonesia in august 2021.

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