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Standard Chartered Bank and mPharma have presented to the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), a portable Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment donated by the bank and diagnostic, extraction kits and tubes donated by the health logistics company.

The donation is meant to assist in conducting widespread testing and detection of COVID-19 in Ghana.

Madam Asiedua Addae, Head of Marketing, Brand and Corporate Affairs, Standard Chartered Bank, Ghana, while presenting the equipment said, “Widespread testing is key in the fight against COVID-19 and we are happy to present this testing equipment to KCCR after the first was presented to Nogouchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research three weeks ago”.

Standard Chartered Bank has committed GH¢1 million to support emergency relief and aid those affected by COVID-19 in Ghana through three key ways; helping the vulnerable, assisting medical frontline workers with PPEs and bolstering widespread testing.

“At Standard Chartered Bank Ghana, we live up to our brand promise ‘Here for Good’ and hope that the testing equipment will enable more people to know their COVID-19 status so they can take care of themselves and their families”.

Commenting on the partnership, Gregory Rockson, Co-Founder and CEO, mPharma, said, “We are happy to partner with Standard Chartered Bank in this donation because we believe it is important to do widespread and faster testing especially for emergency cases as we continue fighting this pandemic”.