Dr. Kittinan Anakamanee MD., CEO of the Healthcare Accreditation Institute of Thailand (Public Organization) - HAI, Mr. Reinhold Elges, Director Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Thailand, and Mr. Sayan Roy, Managing Director of B. Braun (Thailand) Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the project "Upscaling Sanitizer Production in Thailand and Promoting Hand Hygiene" in response to the Covid-19 situation in Thailand under the develoPPE.de COVID-19 Response program. The MoU signing ceremony was witnessed by Mr. Jan Scheer, Deputy Head of Mission and Head of Economic Affairs, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The collaboration of the three partners aims to improve the Covid-19 prevention through investment in the increase in additional capacity of SOFTA-GEL alcohol hand sanitizer which has been tested as global standards EN 14476 efficacy against enveloped virus including the coronavirus, EN 1500 recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) and EN 1276 with Department of Medical Sciences recommendation. The alcohol hand rub will be given to healthcare personnel at 55 selected healthcare facilities in high-risk zones as well as low-income farmer groups in rural farming communities in Thailand.
In addition, the project will develop e-learning modules for communities and healthcare personnel to update knowledge of hand hygiene and self-protection.
This affirms B. Braun's continued commitment towards the vision "to protect and improve the health of people around the world" to get through this pandemic situation together.