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Working Toward a Healthy Vietnam: Key Policy Messages From the VASS-SSRC Project
Source: Social Science Research Council
Vietnamese Version HÀNH ĐỘNG HƯỚNG ĐẾN MỘT VIỆT NAM KHỎE MẠNH: THÔNG ĐIỆP CHÍNH SÁCH CHÍNH YẾU CỦA DỰ ÁN VASS-SSRC (PDF) This brief provides key policy messages based on a large-scale longitudinal study from 2008 to 2016 in twelve communes in three Vietnamese provinces…
Resource type: Research Report
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Strengthening Commune Health Centers in Vietnam
Source: Hy V. Luong, University of Toronto
Vietnamese Version Tăng Cường Các Trạm Y Tế tại Việt Nam: Đánh Giá Tác Động Của Tổ Chức The Atlantic Philanthropies từ năm 2008 đến 2016 (PDF) This report assesses the impact of investments in rural health care in Viet Nam by The Atlantic Philanthropies,…
Resource type: Research Report
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UH professor helps boost Vietnam's clinics
Source: Advertiser Star
KHANH HOA PROVINCE, Vietnam. When patients at the government-run health clinic in Ninh Tho used to complain about waiting too long to see a doctor or nurse, the staff would just ignore them, manager Pham Thi Thanh Can said. "Before the (customer service) training, we…
Resource type: News
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U.S. NGO to Grant $1.07M for Health Project in Vietnam
Source: Vietnam News Brief Service
The U.S. charity organization Atlantic Philanthropies will donate $1.07 million to a project to strengthen first aid services for the injured in Vietnam from now to 2011, the state-run Ha Noi Moi newspaper said Wednesday. The project aims to raise the capabilities of health staff…
Resource type: News
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Ford Foundation to Close Offices in Russia, Vietnam
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source After seeing the value of its endowment fall by nearly a third in 2008, the Ford Foundation has announced that it will close its offices in Moscow and Hanoi in order to cut costs, the Wall Street Journal reports. The moves will result…
Resource type: News
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Onetime Vietnamese Refugee Returns Home to Aid Others
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
By Ian Wilhelm. In 1975, Le Nhan Phuong left Vietnam, one of about 2,000 child refugees spirited to America by international aid groups. Today, he has returned to his homeland, but now it is he who is helping others. Dr. Phuong is the newly appointed…
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Vietnam to See Private and Foreign-Invested Hospitals Mushrooming
Source: Thai Press Reports
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…
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EAST MEETS WEST CELEBRATES 20-YEAR OPERATION IN VIETNAM
Source: The Vietnam News Agency
Original Source Da Nang, August 15 (VNA) - The East Meets West (EMW) Foundation marked the 20th anniversary of its operation start-up in Vietnam on August 15, announcing it doled out 55 million USD for charity activities during the period. Focusing on education, health care,…
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Vietnam eyes closer ties with Ireland
Source: Thanhnien News
Receiving Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Brian Cowen in Hanoi Monday, he said Vietnam would also push ahead with the agreements reached during his visit to Ireland. He thanked the Irish government for its official development assistance commitment to Vietnam for the next…
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Agent Orange: Congenital deformities plague Vietnam; U.S. slow to help
Source: Chicago Tribune
By Jason Grotto. DONG NAI PROVINCE, Vietnam. U.S., Vietnam split over whether defoliants used in war are to blame Part 3 of a Tribune investigation finds that the role of defoliants in Vietnam's high rate of birth defects remains a contentious question decades after U.S.…
Resource type: News