Personal protective equipment such as drapes or spectacles Today, Deputy Ambassador of the United States of America in Slovakia, Natasha Franceschi, to the State Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Peter Stachure. The past months have convinced us how important it is to have this protective material available to healthcare professionals so that they can provide quality health care during the pandemic and take care of patients with COVID-19. That's why I'm glad to be with the Ministry. to take over these devices, said the State Secretary.
These are 13 thousand pieces of surgical robes, 650 pieces of masks marked N95, 660 pieces of protective suits, 500 pieces of glasses, 400 pieces of shields, 10,000 pieces of gloves and 47 contactless thermometers. This was preceded by the signing of a cooperation agreement signed last week by the Minister for Health, Marek Krajčí, and US Ambassador Bridget Brink. These protective equipment provided by the U.S. Army will be used by Slovak healthcare professionals who continue to test and prevent further possible outbreak of COVID-19 in Slovakia, said Ambassador Brink. We are proud to support our friend and ally. We believe that we will emerge stronger together from this crisis, added.
Protective work equipment is also intended for health support assistants working among the Roma population. We very much appreciate any assistance that allows us to fully develop our activities, especially in marginalised Roma communities. Our assistants will use all these protective equipment to the maximum extent, it is very important for them, because they work daily, so to speak, on the front line, stated Director of the contributory organisation of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic Health regions Tatiana Hrustič.Organisation Healthy regions is a state contribution organization of the Ministry of Health, whose mission is to implement and develop temporary health countervailing measures. The implementation and development of health mediation in marginalised Roma communities is a set of activities to improve health conditions. Activities and activities focus on social determinants of health, such as health-related behaviour, material conditions, psycho-social factors, barriers to access to health care, health literacy and structural constraints, e.g. discrimination, racism, low levels of education, related legislation. For more information, see: https://www.healthregion.eu/.