VisionSpring’s COVID-Response
2.8 million units of Personal Protective Equipment & COVID Supplies delivered to health workers in our network
Leveraging VisionSpring’s procurement and supply chain capacity, we are sourcing personal protective equipment (masks, gloves, face shields, goggles, coveralls and gowns) to ensure frontline health workers have the supplies they need to safely provide care. By pooling the requirements of multiple government and mission hospitals we can drive costs down, and delivering these essential items on a subsidized basis.
354,000 cloth masks for all, to reduce community-spread of the virus
Cloth masks stop asymptomatic people from accidentally spreading the virus. Mask wearing in public is now required by many governments, and is especially important in densely populated slum communities. Through our Clear Vision Workplace program, VisionSpring has relationships with large garment manufacturers, as well as artisan groups. We have commissioned them to make re-usable cloth masks for distribution in low-income communities and for health centers to provide to all patients who enter the facility.
30,000 community COVID-19 hygiene and food kits
Lockdowns and business disruptions are disproportionately affecting the extremely poor. VisionSpring has redeployed our vision camp teams to provide food relief and hygiene items, coupled with public health information in the communities we serve, particularly for migrant workers, drivers and transportation workers, and others uniquely affected by or contributing to the response.
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