A humanitarian campaign launched by the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) and theMinistry of Health aims to provide free health check-ups and treatmentfor over one million poor people each year in Vietnam , VRC ChairmanNguyen Hai Duong said on October 30.
Thecampaign’s launch ceremony will be held in Hanoi on November 2 with theparticipation of around 2,000 volunteers. Eight groups of doctors willtour poor districts in the northern and central provinces such as LangSon, Hoa Binh, Lai Chau, Phu Tho and Thanh Hoa.
RedCross Societies and health sectors in 17 out of the 63 cities andprovinces throughout the country will participate in the campaign, whichcalls for community engagement in taking care of individuals fromdisadvantaged and socially challenging backgrounds, prioritising thosein remote areas and border and island localities.
A review workshop is scheduled to take place on the occasion of the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day on February 27, 2015.
Under the theme “Joining hands for community health”, the campaignwill focus on increasing local residents’ awareness of personal hygieneand environmental sanitation, as well as equipping residents withessential skills in first aid, natural disasters response, and emergencyrescue efforts.
The organisation board will providehouses, cows, and health insurance for those living under the povertyline and encourage people to participate in blood donation programmes.
The campaign is part of the 2014-2017 collaborationprogramme signed this July between the VRC, the Ministry of Health, theVietnamese People’s Army’s General Department of Politics, and theVietnamese Young Doctors Association.-VNA
Thecampaign’s launch ceremony will be held in Hanoi on November 2 with theparticipation of around 2,000 volunteers. Eight groups of doctors willtour poor districts in the northern and central provinces such as LangSon, Hoa Binh, Lai Chau, Phu Tho and Thanh Hoa.
RedCross Societies and health sectors in 17 out of the 63 cities andprovinces throughout the country will participate in the campaign, whichcalls for community engagement in taking care of individuals fromdisadvantaged and socially challenging backgrounds, prioritising thosein remote areas and border and island localities.
A review workshop is scheduled to take place on the occasion of the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day on February 27, 2015.
Under the theme “Joining hands for community health”, the campaignwill focus on increasing local residents’ awareness of personal hygieneand environmental sanitation, as well as equipping residents withessential skills in first aid, natural disasters response, and emergencyrescue efforts.
The organisation board will providehouses, cows, and health insurance for those living under the povertyline and encourage people to participate in blood donation programmes.
The campaign is part of the 2014-2017 collaborationprogramme signed this July between the VRC, the Ministry of Health, theVietnamese People’s Army’s General Department of Politics, and theVietnamese Young Doctors Association.-VNA
