How can your company help fight COVID-19 in Thailand?

Depending on the specific intervention, private sector assistance could take the form of: 

  • Expertise and skill sets (e.g., supply chain, data analytics, marketing/communications, technology and innovation) 
  • Use of company assets (e.g., locations for vaccinations, equipment)  
  • Collaboration with and/or funding of local or international organizations undertaking COVID response programs 
  • Provision of funding or donated items to government entities

Country-Specific Needs

Increasing Vaccine Access and Delivery

Logistics, Warehousing, and Infrastructure 

  • Support outsourcing of or provide donation for cold-chain maintenance supplies and equipment
  • Support vaccine distribution into remote/rural areas
  • Vaccine Distribution, Planning, and Sites of Delivery 
  • Support on-site vaccine delivery including in mobile and community clinics and at-home, especially in rural areas
  • Expand community health clinics and private sector networks to improve vaccine coverage

Data and Monitoring

  • Improve yield of and reduce costs for COVID-19 surveillance capabilities, including testing on waste disposal

Incentives and Messaging

  • Assist with demand generation for COVID-19 vaccines via distribution of targeted messaging and communications, especially to high-risk, underserved populations
  • Design, generate, and/or distribute targeted COVID-19 vaccine campaign messaging and communications, especially to populations with the least vaccine uptake

Other

  • Monitor COVID-19 trends in international visitors

Expanding Availability of Tests, Therapeutics, and/or Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Supply Availability and Logistics

  • Support procurement of molecular diagnostic testing consumables
  • Support procurement of additional rapid diagnosis testing equipment

Other

  • Provide support to increase distribution and/or supply of oral antiviral therapeutics
  • Support local manufacturing capacity/production of therapeutics

For Thailand-specific questions, or to coordinate assistance, please contact the USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA): Marie Ahmed at mahmed@usaid.gov;  Christopher Moore at chrmoore@usaid.gov and please copy the COVID-19 Taskforce Private Sector Engagement team in Washington, DC at covid-pse@usaid.gov

The purpose of this Country Profile is to provide information to the public regarding possible COVID-19 needs and priorities in specific countries.  This is not a Request for Information, Request for Proposal (RFP), or Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and in no way commits USAID to issue an RFP/NOFO or to make an award.  This does not constitute an obligation of funds, nor does it constitute a legally binding commitment or create any rights in any third party.  Nothing in this shall be construed as a partnership or other type of legal entity or personality or as an exclusive working relationship.  Organizations are responsible for any and all expenses incurred relating to actions or activities undertaken related to this Country Profile.  This Country Profile is a work of the United States Government.  Use of this Country Profile by an organization does not imply endorsement by USAID of the organization or its activities.