Adapting an ESTHER partnership in response to COVID-19
A Swiss-Malagasy partnership
In February 2020, just as the Coronavirus disease was setting out on its trip around the world, representatives of Geneva University Hospital (HUG) and Ambanja Referral District Hospital in Madagascar were finishing their application for a CHF 99,677 partnership grant from ESTHER Switzerland. In a section on Risks and Mitigation, applicants were asked to list the probability of «natural disasters or the outbreak of epidemics which could delay the implementation of activities».
«We never thought about an outbreak,» says Project Leader Caroline Benski of HUG. «It was absolutely not on our minds.»
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