The Vietnamese Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation has been officially set up inHanoi on April 13 with the help of the Japanese Cleft Palate Foundation.
The new foundation is a non-profit organisation aiming to give aid tochildren who are suffering from disorders including congenital oral diseases andto their families in Vietnam, and to give humanitarian aid to children inoverseas countries in cooperation with the International Cleft Lip and PalateFoundation and the Japanese Cleft Palate Foundation.
In Vietnam , thereare 200,000 cases of cleft lip and palate and the country is estimated to have300 more cases each year.
Japan has, over the past 18 years, worked withVietnamese doctors to perform operations on about 2,000 people with cleft lipsand palates. In addition, Japan has helped train Vietnamese doctors andcooperated with them in performing operations on patients in Laos .
Also, Japan has carried out numerous studies on the causes of thesedeformities in Vietnamese children and put forward suitable preventive measures.
Several poor families with children in need of the surgeries in thesouthern province of Ben Tre have enjoyed free-interest loans from the Japanese.
The Japanese Cleft Palate Foundation is scheduled to work withVietnamese doctors to perform operations on children suffering from these birthdefects in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 28, and in Ho Chi MinhCity in November and in Ben Tre in December.
In the coming time, Japanwill help Vietnam build a rehabilitation centre for those recovering from thistype of surgery.
In a related development, the same day, a cooperationagreement on health care was signed between the Hanoi-based Hospital E’s HeartDiseases Treatment Centre and Japan ’s Okayama University in Hanoi .
Under the agreement, the two sides will exchange experts, sharetreatment experiences and information, and carry out joint scientific research.
Some 10,000-12,000 infants are reported to be born with disorders of theheart in Vietnam each year./.
The new foundation is a non-profit organisation aiming to give aid tochildren who are suffering from disorders including congenital oral diseases andto their families in Vietnam, and to give humanitarian aid to children inoverseas countries in cooperation with the International Cleft Lip and PalateFoundation and the Japanese Cleft Palate Foundation.
In Vietnam , thereare 200,000 cases of cleft lip and palate and the country is estimated to have300 more cases each year.
Japan has, over the past 18 years, worked withVietnamese doctors to perform operations on about 2,000 people with cleft lipsand palates. In addition, Japan has helped train Vietnamese doctors andcooperated with them in performing operations on patients in Laos .
Also, Japan has carried out numerous studies on the causes of thesedeformities in Vietnamese children and put forward suitable preventive measures.
Several poor families with children in need of the surgeries in thesouthern province of Ben Tre have enjoyed free-interest loans from the Japanese.
The Japanese Cleft Palate Foundation is scheduled to work withVietnamese doctors to perform operations on children suffering from these birthdefects in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 28, and in Ho Chi MinhCity in November and in Ben Tre in December.
In the coming time, Japanwill help Vietnam build a rehabilitation centre for those recovering from thistype of surgery.
In a related development, the same day, a cooperationagreement on health care was signed between the Hanoi-based Hospital E’s HeartDiseases Treatment Centre and Japan ’s Okayama University in Hanoi .
Under the agreement, the two sides will exchange experts, sharetreatment experiences and information, and carry out joint scientific research.
Some 10,000-12,000 infants are reported to be born with disorders of theheart in Vietnam each year./.
