Philips Foundation – supporting the fight against COVID-19


More than ever, the Philips Foundation is striving to help provide access to critical care for those most in need, by leveraging Philips' expertise, innovative products and solutions.

 

Check out our interactive map* to find out where and how the Foundation is addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. A grasp of the many initiatives the Foundation is currently working on:

 

*Map updated June 3, 2020

    • United States – Philips Foundation is supporting global humanitarian organization MedShare in providing supplies to clinics and shelters in underserved communities in the US.
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    • Netherlands – In response to the shortage of medical face masks in the Netherlands, the Philips Foundation tied Refugee Company with the feedstock supplier of Philips and granted a loan for two mask-making machines to accelerate production. The aim is to produce 100,000 masks per day. A significant amount of the production, carried out by social enterprise Mondmaskerfabriek, will be made available for refugee camps bordering Europe.
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    • Italy – Philips Foundation provided financial support to Italy’s national Civil Protection organization for the purchase of personal protective equipment and medical devices for treatment of hospitalized patients. It also made a donation to humanitarian organization Cesvi to support the ICU in Bergamo’s Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital through the purchase of individual protection devices and transportable non-invasive ventilation systems.
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    • Romania – Through the Philips Foundation, local humanitarian organization Children’s Heart Association can provide Romanian hospitals with medical equipment to treat people with COVID-19 and supply essential tools to prevent people from being infected. Philips Romania also joined efforts by supporting the Give Life Association in the fight against the outbreak.
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    • African continent – Philips Foundation provided financial support to help set up a Virus Outbreak Data Network (VODAN), to help ensure an effective response to the coronavirus in Africa. VODAN establishes the findability, accessibility, interoperability and reuse (FAIR principle) of digital assets, including data from African health systems.
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    • Kenya – Philips Foundation, in partnership with the government of Kenya, has built a chatbot integrated into WhatsApp to help the people of Kenya find reliable, trustworthy information about COVID-19.
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    • India – Philips Foundation is contributing to the emergency measures announced by state governments to support the testing of suspected cases, coronavirus treatment in identified hospitals, and ensuring the safety of healthcare workers. In addition, we will help support vulnerable communities whose livelihood has been impacted.
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    • Wuhan, China – Philips Foundation sent a significant amount of diagnostic, monitoring and protective products to the Thunder God Mountain Hospital emergency hospital in Wuhan. This included an Incisive 64 CT scanner, ultrasound solutions, ventilators and patient monitors.
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    • Mexico – Philips Foundation will provide ultrasound devices to the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, located in the center of Mexico’s COVID-19 outbreak. In able to detect lung abnormalities caused by the virus using ultrasound, local health workers are trained with the help of Philips expertise.
    • Ecuador – Philips Foundation will provide mobile ultrasound equipment and expertise as well as funding for personal protective equipment and lab testing to increase the COVID-19 response capacity of 4 hospitals run by the Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, which is committed to improve access to care and quality of life for those who are not covered by public or private healthcare.

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    Hospital relief – A coalition consisting of Philips Foundation, AFAS Foundation and Noaber Foundation has procured and made available five temporary 20-bed hospitals for countries most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The extra capacity can be used to relieve the pressure on hospitals contending with the influx of patients, both with COVID-19 and other conditions. Read more

     

    African continent

     

    Data management – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philips Foundation is teaming up with GO FAIR Foundation and Kampala International University to enable distributed access to critical data needed from Africa to fight and contain the novel coronavirus that is spreading across the globe. Read more

     

    China

     

    Supply support – Philips Foundation sent a significant amount of diagnostic, monitoring and protective products to the Thunder God Mountain Hospital emergency hospital in Wuhan. This included an Incisive 64 CT scanner, ultrasound solutions, ventilators and patient monitors. Read more

     

    Ecuador

     

    Hospital relief – Philips Foundation will provide mobile ultrasound equipment and expertise as well as funding for personal protective equipment and lab testing to increase the COVID-19 response capacity of 4 hospitals run by the Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, which is committed to improve access to care and quality of life for those who are not covered by public or private healthcare.

     

    Netherlands

     

    Face masks – In response to the shortage of medical face masks in the Netherlands, the Philips Foundation tied Refugee Company with the feedstock supplier of Philips and granted a loan for two mask-making machines to accelerate production. The aim is to produce 100,000 masks per day. A significant amount of the production, carried out by social enterprise Mondmaskerfabriek, will be made available for refugee camps bordering Europe. Read more

     

    Procurement – Philips Foundation has awarded a start-up grant to Solvoz BV and AidInnov Foundation. The aim is to scale an ambitious international open platform for efficient humanitarian tendering at a time when developing countries depend on emergency aid while suffering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

     

    Kenya

     

    Information – Philips Foundation, in partnership with the government of Kenya, has built a chatbot integrated into WhatsApp to help the people of Kenya find reliable, trustworthy information about COVID-19. Read more

     

    Testing – Philips Foundation made an immediate loan available to social enterprise Sagitarix, to procure screening equipment for rapid testing for coronavirus at the Check-Ups primary care clinic at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya. Read more

     

    Lebanon

     

    Supply support – Philips Foundation together with Philips Middle East provided medical equipment to the Lebanese Red Cross towards the prevention, monitoring and treatment of conditions caused by COVID-19. The donated equipment is an answer to the critical need to address healthcare challenges in the most affected regions in Lebanon.

     

    Mexico

     

    Emergency relief – Philips Foundation will provide ultrasound devices to the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, located in the center of Mexico’s COVID-19 outbreak. In able to detect lung abnormalities caused by the virus using ultrasound, local health workers are trained with the help of Philips expertise.

     

    India

     

    Emergency aid – Philips Foundation is contributing to the emergency measures announced by state governments to support the testing of suspected cases, coronavirus treatment in identified hospitals, and ensuring the safety of healthcare workers. In addition, we will help support vulnerable communities whose livelihood has been impacted. Read more

     

    Italy

     

    Emergency aid - Financial aid to Italy’s Civil Protection organization for the purchase of personal protective equipment and medical devices, and to Italian humanitarian NGO Cesvi in support of Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo. Read more

     

    Hospital relief - Handover of two mobile care isolation units to the Italian Red Cross to assist COVID-19 patients, destined for Sardinia and Lombardy to relieve pressure on local health facilities. Each modular unit offers 20 beds for the isolation and care of patients affected by the coronavirus. Read more

     

    Romania

     

    Supply support – Through the Philips Foundation, local humanitarian organization Children’s Heart Association can provide Romanian hospitals with medical equipment to treat people with COVID-19 and supply essential tools to prevent people from being infected. Read more

     

    Spain

     

    Emergency aid – Philips Foundation supports the ‘Red Cross Responds’ program in Spain to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and provide access to quality medical care for the most disadvantaged communities. Read more

     

    United States

     

    Supply support – Philips Foundation is supporting global humanitarian organization MedShare in providing supplies to clinics and shelters in underserved communities in the US. Read more

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