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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…

Several of the staff of the Hue Central Hospital were kind enough to come to work last Sunday morning to give my Atlantic colleagues and me a tour of what has become a world-class facility in the ten years since our Founding Chairman, Chuck Feeney,…

Approximately 5,700 children under the age of 15 in Vietnam will be infected with HIV in the next three years, according to a recent report by the Department for HIV/AIDS Prevention. The department has worked alongside the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS and a number…

When I made my first visit to Viet Nam last month, to visit Atlantic’s office and staff there and travel to rural health clinics, hospitals, schools and NGOs that we support, I couldn’t help but notice that the streets of Ha Noi were teeming with…

As the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation’s founding donor,The Atlantic Philanthropies placed a great deal of faith in Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to create a world-class Institute that focuses its research to make a real and sustainable difference to people’s lives.Throughout the past decade, while…

Blindness from cataracts is a significant public health problem in Viet Nam. In 2002, there were 482,700 cases of bilateral blindness throughout the country, of which 71.3% are due to cataracts. Being blind poses significant personal, social and economic barriers for the afflicted, especially for…

The business of making social change often has to start from the ground up.  Sometimes literally! Since its inception, The Atlantic Philanthropies has invested over $1.5 billion in a number of capital projects to build the infrastructure that enables health to be advanced, children and…

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.…

Hanoi (VNA) Vietnam may not achieve its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on halting and reserving the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015 unless greater efforts of all stakeholders are mobilised. The warning is given in the recently-released national report on 2008 MDGs. The report said by…

Officials from the US Department of Defence provided 30 Vietnamese military doctors and nurses with specialised training in HIV/AIDS testing and counseling in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 9. The training was conducted within the framework of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS…