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[KOICA provides hospital waste management equipment to COVID-19 treating hospitals in Myanmar]

08.12.2020

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On November 27, 2020, the Handover Ceremony for Hospital Waste Management Equipment was held. KOICA is supporting the Government of Myanmar’s COVID-19 response by providing USD 700,000 worth of hospital waste management equipment to the Ministry of Health and Sports in partnership with UNOPS Myanmar.
KOICA has been supporting Myanmar’s COVID-19 response since the onset of the pandemic and this donation to hospitals will help proper management of medical waste, preventing secondary infection from waste possibly contaminated with highly infectious virus.
The virtual handover ceremony was held at the Department of Medical Research with H.E. Mr. KIM Gunn, Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, the Republic of Korea, H.E. Dr. Mya Lay Sein, Deputy Minister for Health and Sports, H.E. Mr. Lee Sang-hwa, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Prof. Dr. Zaw Than Htun, Director General of Department of Medical Research and Ms. Lee Youn Soo, Chief Representative of KOICA Myanmar Office.


[Group Photo : (Participants from Left: Ms. Chung Cecilia Eui-hae, Deputy Director General of ASEAN & Southeast Asian Affairs Bureau, Ms. Lee Youn Soo, Chief Representative of KOICA Myanmar Office, H.E. Mr. Kim Gunn, Deputy Minister for Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROK, Prof. Dr. Zaw Than Htun, Director General of the Department of Medical Research, H.E. Mr. Lee Sang-hwa, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Dr. Hlaing Myat Thu, Deputy Director General (Research) of the Department of Medical Research, Dr. Zaw Myint]


[ Listening to the Opening Remarks by H.E. Dr. Mya Lay Sein, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Health and Sports]

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