KATHMANDU: The German Government is topping up the existing health program in Nepal with an extra one million Euro grant to respond to the emergency situations caused by COVID-19.
Supporting partner countries’ epidemic preparedness has been a core part of German-supported health programming for decades and in times of COVID-19, this work is gaining in urgency, the Embassy said in a statement.
“Because of COVID-19 we are getting extra funds and extra work – no problem”, says Dr. Paul Rückert, Chief Technical Advisor of the Nepali-German Health Sector Support Programme (HSSP), “Our project’s focus is on health system digitalization and – on specific request by our partners – on the responsible management of healthcare waste. Both are very much needed in times of COVID-19.”
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