Written by doctors from First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine who were on the frontline of the pandemic, the handbook details key learnings and best practices from the clinical experience of combating the virus. It aims to share valuable insights and information with medical professionals and hospitals worldwide. In just the first five days after its publication, it was downloaded over 1.4 million times.
“We hope that, with this manual, doctors and nurses in other affected areas can learn from experience as they face this battle, without having to start from scratch,” Alibaba Group Founder Jack Ma wrote when the handbook launched.
Over 50 days of the outbreak, FAHZU admitted over 100 confirmed COVID-19 patients, without a single death, misdiagnosis, or infection of the facility’s medical personnel. The handbook covers isolation management, diagnosis, treatment, proactive measures, and rehabilitation of treating COVID-19 patients. It is one of the very first medical guidebooks that contains detailed explanations of the processes.
The translation of the Thai version of the handbook was done by volunteers. It is now available to download from the newly established Global MediXchange for Combating COVID-19, a centralized online platform established to facilitate online communication and collaboration across borders to fight the virus.
The handbook is now available in 14 languages including Thai at no cost with more to come.
On March 29, the Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation also announced donations of essential medical supplies to seven more countries, namely Azerbaijan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. With this announcement, the two Foundations have now donated essential medical supplies to 23 Asian countries totalling 7.4 million masks; 485,000 test kits; 100,000 sets of protective clothing along with other medical equipment.
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About Jack Ma Foundation
Established by Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, the Jack Ma Foundation was founded on December 15, 2014 and has been focusing on education, entrepreneurship, women’s leadership, and the environment. The Foundation aspires to be a reliable, participative, and sustainable philanthropic organization. The Jack Ma Foundation has so far supported projects worldwide including the Jack Ma Rural Education Program, the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative, the Ma & Morley Scholarship Program, and Jordan’s Queen Rania Foundation. Additionally, the Foundation has also funded a number of projects in its priority areas. The Jack Ma Foundation is committed to empowering rural educators, entrepreneurs, rural children, young start-ups, and women to equip them for the future and to help build a happier, healthier, more sustainable and more inclusive society.
About Alibaba Foundation
The Alibaba Foundation, established in December 2011, aims to create a culture that encourages people to get involved in philanthropy, make it sustainable and genuinely contribute to civil society and nature. Its key funding aspects include water protection, environmental awareness promotion and development of green organizations. Alibaba Group is committed to devoting a percentage of its annual income to the Alibaba Foundation to ensure stable long-term funding that will allow for timely response in the event of natural disasters or expansion of philanthropic projects.