By A Staff Reporter

Kathmandu, May 4: Save the Children in Nepal has given over 1,743 sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and essential health commodities to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) to support the government in its fight against COVID-19.
Speaking after receiving the items, Health Minister Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal said that the assistance provided by Save the Children would help the government strengthen health services, and support health practitioners to contain the spread of COVID-19. The PPE sets are aligned with the WHO and the Nepal government’s standards.
“Our priority is to support the government in controlling the spread of COVID-19 and ensuring that we reach the most marginalised populations, especially vulnerable children,” stated, Bandana Risal, Interim Country Director of Save the Children Nepal.
Save the Children through its regular and Global Fund funded project has been aiding the federal, provincial and local government with critically required COVID-19 medical and non-medical supplies, it said in a statement.
According to the agency, it is also in the process of procuring an additional 2,000 PPE kits. Along with this, Save the Children in collaboration with the National Health Education Information Communications Centre (NHEICC) has been developing and disseminating general and child-friendly COVID-19 messaging through national and local radio stations.