The GMCC platform is a joint initiative led by the Jack Ma Foundation, the Alibaba Foundation with Alibaba Health and Alibaba Cloud, and was launched last month with the aim of combating Covid-19 with open knowledge and online communication. It serves as a platform for doctors and other healthcare workers from China and around the world to gather virtually to share medical insights, firsthand experience and best practices for treating coronavirus. Alipay users outside China can access the GMCC platform by clicking into a front page banner or by searching “GMCC” on the Alipay App.
Early signs are that this model is working ?– both attracting a growing number of healthcare workers and the value of information that’s being exchanged. Already, nearly 3,000 have joined the platform and hundreds of medical staff are participating in key live-sharing sessions, benefiting medical personnel from around the world including Thailand.
Hundreds of medical staff from hospitals in various countries have already participated in live exchange sessions organized by the GMCC in an urgent effort to understand the best ways to cope with a completely new and deadly virus.
“The experiences that were shared in this exchange were very valuable, and what I took away was the importance of preparation, prevention, and monitoring at all times,” said Dr. S M Zungu from the South Africa National Department of Health, who had helped led one of such exchange sessions.
In addition to livestreaming sessions, the platform offers digital access to handbooks on epidemic prevention and treatment, videos on best practices for Covid-19 prevention, including videos by medical experts on specific topics and webinars between global healthcare professionals and industry experts sharing their knowledge and experience on Covid-19. The live discussions with medical experts and hospitals worldwide are held through the International Medical Expert Communication Center on DingTalk, Alibaba’s enterprise communications and collaboration app. New to the platform are sections where medical personnel can ask questions and write their own articles about their experience in preventing the spread of Covid-19.
The platform has also recently published two more Covid-19-related handbooks. They include the “Construction and Operation Manual of Fangcang Shelter Hospitals for COVID-19 Summary,” which encompasses knowledge and experience distilled from the running of the Fangcang Shelter Hospitals in China.
“Global healthcare workers are doing their best to fight this pandemic. GMCC is our way of showing support and commitment to the medical community. It is designed as an exchange platform, we will continue to share different Covid-19 related manuals and videos and organize online meetings between China and overseas medical experts,” said Li Ma, Alibaba Health senior vice president, “We welcome more medical staff from China and all over the world to participate and to join forces in the fight against this pandemic.”
