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Vietnam to See Private and Foreign-Invested Hospitals Mushrooming
According to the Ministry of Health, number of private clinics and foreign-invested hospitals will sharply soar in the near future when a series of investment incentives are put into reality. First of all, many barriers in private medical activities in Vietnam will be removed when…
Author: Thai Press Reports
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Opthalmology centre to open in Hue
Original Source THUA THIEN-HUE – The Health Ministry and the provincial authority of Thua Thien-Hue yesterday broke ground for the Hue Ophthalmology and Training Centre, a US$4 million addition to Hue Central Hospital. The centre is expected to significantly upgrade services to patients with severe…
Author: VietNam News Agency
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PM Dung meets Ireland's leader, vows to bolster ties
Dung was emphasising co-operation between the two countries based on agreements’ signed during his recent visit to Ireland. He thanked Ireland for its aid in development for the next three years. He also confirmed that Vietnam would work with Ireland in effectively managing development projects.…
Author: VietNamNet Bridge
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Scanning the Skyline: Lessons From 30 Years of Capital Grantmaking
Buildings have a special allure for philanthropy—their mass, their unambiguous reality, their durability, their promise of sheltering great transformative enterprise—that few other achievements can match. They also conjure a cloud of distinctive risks: the possibility of inadequate maintenance, financial drain, premature obsolescence, the danger that…
Author: Tony Proscio, Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society
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Social work alleviates poverty
Yesterday, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Atlantic Philanthropies Organisation in Viet Nam and UNICEF signed a memorandum to define the roles and responsibilities of the partners taking part in the project. The memorandum concerns capacity building for MOLISA for partnership development,…
Author: Viet Nam News
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South Africa Journal: Engaged Activism Bends the Arc Toward Hope
I returned this weekend from an extended visit to South Africa, where Atlantic has long been engaged in supporting organisations and leaders working on human rights, reconciliation and health issues. Ordinarily in a column, I try to drill down on some particular aspect of our…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Asia-Pacific injury prevention conference to take place in Hanoi
The second Asia-Pacific Conference on Injury Prevention will be held in Hanoi from Nov. 4-6, attracting the participation of 300 domestic and foreign delegates. According to the Preventive Medical and Environmental Department under the Health Ministry, the conference will offer an opportunity for participants…
Author: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
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Vietnam: PM's opinions on some foreign-funded projects
The PM gave permissions on August 26 to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association to take over foreign-funded projects separately. The MoH will adopt the 24-month Project “Capacity increasing in research and training activities of the Injury Prevention and Policy Research…
Author: Thai News Service
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Countries Make Push To Increase Eye Donors
Original Source By BINA VENKATARAMAN Eye donation recently got a new public face in Syria, where the Grand Mufti, the highest official of religious law, pledged to donate his corneas upon death to help one of the thousands of people waiting for transplants there. In…
Author: The New York Times
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Six US-financed HIV/AIDS programmes launched
Original Source Hanoi (VNA) The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Vietnam will provide a total amount of 1.4 million USD as aid for six HIV/AIDS programmes in the country, the US Embassy said on July 1. The programmes will be carried…
Author: Vietnam News Agency
