Dear LAWRENCE, Chris, Shannon, Max, Peter, James and Julie, Lee, Bokhara, and Don,

Ms. Nhu is a nurse who works in a rural hospital in Phong Dien in Central Vietnam. She works in the Emergency Room and sees many sick children. Thanks to your generous support, she has now successfully completed the MEDRIX sponsored, Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) course!

IMCI was developed by the World Health Organization in partnership with UNICEF as an international resource designed to train nurses in emerging countries on how to detect common childhood illnesses earlier rather than later.

At the beginning of the course, Nurse Nhu said that her goal was “to provide the better care for my patients, and this course has helped me reach my goal.”  She said that now she will be able to help the children in her community. She is now more able to provide village children with the correct care to treat the illness, and then guide the parents or grandparents in effective follow-up care for a successful recovery. Thank you for your support!

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngan is a 27 year old nurse in the Pediatric Department of the Phong Dien District Hospital in Vietnam. Thanks to your generous support she has now successfully completed the MEDRIX sponsored, Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) course!

IMCI was developed by the World Health Organization in partnership with UNICEF as an international resource to help combat healthcare pitfalls in developing countries. This course was designed to train nurses in emerging countries on how to detect common childhood illnesses earlier rather than later.  At the beginning of the course, Nurse Ngan said that her goal was “to provide the better care for my patients.” When asked afterwards, Nurse Ngan said that the course had helped her reach her goal! She is now more able to accurately diagnose a child’s illness, provide them with the correct care to treat the illness, and then guide the parents or grandparents in effective follow-up care at home for a successful recovery. Thank you for helping Nurse Ngan make her community a healthier place!

Nurse Thuy is a nurse at a small medical center in a rural area in central Vietnam. She is a young professional and works in a small team of medical professionals. This team is responsible for all the children and families in the community who visit the medical center for health and medical purposes. It is essential for nurses to have the necessary skills and training to properly assess and provide expert nursing care for their patients.

Thank you  Margaret, Iona, Radu and Sean for sponsoring Ms. Linh to receive training in Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), a course designated to train nurses, doctors and midwives in the early detection of childhood illnesses (she is pictured here receiving the course certificate). This course will provide Ms. Linh with the ability to correctly assess and classify a child’s illness, provide them with the correct care and guide the family in effective care of their child at home.

Ms. Nhat is a nurse at the Health Care Center in Hue City- Central Vietnam. Thank you Peng, Katelyn, Phillip, David, Lesley and Howard for teaming up to sponsor Ms. Nhat for training in Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), a course designed to train nurses in emerging countries on how to detect common childhood illnesses earlier rather than later.

This course has provided Ms. Nhat with the ability to accurately diagnose a child’s illness, provide them with the correct care to treat the illness, and then guide the parents or grandparents in effective follow-up care at home for a successful recovery.  Ms. Nhat thanks you for your generous support!

Dr. Nguyen Thi Ky Giang is 32 years old and works at Hue Central Hospital in Central Vietnam.  She has been a doctor within the Cancer unit for 5 years. Dr. Giang formally studied English medical terminology 10 years ago so she has a good foundation but needed a refresher course. Most of cancer research findings are published in English making it crucial that Dr. Giang is able to read and comprehend such materials.

Thank you George for your generous donation of an English Medical Terminology textbook for Dr. Giang to use during and after MEDRIX’s English Language Medical Terminology Course.  Your gift not only benefits her but the hundreds of patients that she comes into contact with on any given week!

Dr. Tran Thien An is 33 years old and works at Hue Central Hospital in Central Vietnam.  He has been there for 9 years and has worked hard to become the Vice Chief. It has been awhile since Dr. An last studied English. He describes his English Level as a ‘B’. He expressed the desire to improve in English medical terminology to better understand current medical books and research. Additionally, he expressed the desire to improve so that he can speak clearly with foreigners – especially those in medical and health-related fields.

Thank you George for your generous donation of an English Medical Terminology textbook for Dr. An to use during and after MEDRIX’s English Language Medical Terminology Course.  You have played a huge role in providing him with the means to increase his ability to read medical books and speak clearly in English!