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WORKSHOP ON SURVEY RESULTS OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN QUANG TRI

On September 8 2017, MCNV cooperated with the Department of Education and Training – Quang Tri province to organize the workshop on “Survey results of mental health conditions of high school s

THE FILM HANDOVER CEREMONY BETWEEN MCNV, THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION JORIS IVENS AND THE VIETNAM FILM INSTITUTE

On October 19 2017, the Vietnam Film Institute (VFI) and stakeholders organized the official ceremony to receive historic documentary films and materials from MCNV and the European Foundation Joris Iv

11th National Health Research Forum

  From the 23th to the 25th of October 2017 the National Institute of Public Health (NIOPH) in Lao PDR, hosted a series of events at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Vientiane. MCNV Lao PDR supported th

MCNV joins the 9th International Conference on Public Health

On the 22nd and 23th November MCNV and its partners from the LEARN programme went to Yangon, Myanmar to participate in the 9th International Conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-region

Livelihood Impact Assessment in 16 Coastal Communes and Townships of Quang Tri Province

In 2016, Vietnam suffered an environmental disaster due to a major chemical spill of the coast of Quang Tri. It decimated fish stocks and destroyed the livelihoods of poor fishermen and their families

Helping ethnic minority girls to choose their future

Over two days in November, volunteers from HSBC visited poor communes in Quang Tri province to help organize communication sessions on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for poor ethnic

SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV

On July 6-7 2017, the Sunflower Groups supported by MCNV organized a workshop on Social Health Insurance for People living with HIV.

Capacity Building on Mental Health Care and Treatment in Quang Tri

MCNV cooperated with Quang Tri Health Department and Da Nang Mental Health (MH) Hospital to organise a training workshop on basic mental disorder (MD) diagnosis and treatment for grassroots health car

LAUNCH THE PROJECT ON MALNUTRITION PREVENTION FOR CHILDREN AT AGES UNDER 5 BASED ON AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA IN PHU YEN

On July 7 2017, MCNV Central Vietnam and the Phu Yen Department of Health organized the project launching workshop on Accessing the Malnutrition Prevention for Children at Ages under 5 based on Agricu

The first Occupational Therapy (OT) networking workshop in Vietnam

On August 28, 2017, in collaboration with the Vietnam Rehabilitation Association (VINAREHA), MCNV organized the first OT networking workshop in Danang city with the participation of more than 65 OT pr

The 27th Occupational Therapy Australia Conference “Partnership, Inclusion and Innovation”

Perth welcomed us in a very early cold of its mid-winter. Our flights was landed at 2h30 in the morning after a long nearly 13 hour-flight and transferred at Kuala Lumpur airport. Gotten in a cab, fou

Supporting Ethnic Minority Adolescent Girls: Project Kickoff in Huong Hoa

On August 29th 2017, MCNV collaborated with the Village Health Workers’ Association of Quang Tri Province and the Youth Union of Huong Hoa District to organize a kickoff workshop for MCNV’s new pr

MCNV and Phu Yen Community Development Funds visit PwC office in HCMC seeking technical CSR support

On September 12, representatives from 7 MCNV funded community development funds in Phu Yen province together with MCNV staff visited and worked with the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) team in Ho Chi Min

BOOK INTRODUCTION WORKSHOP: EDUCATION IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

On morning of September 9 2017 in Dien Bien Phu city, the Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam (MCNV) cooperated with the Department of Education and Training (DOET) of Dien Bien province organized a

RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INTERVENTIONS OF MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN AGE UNDER FIVE

Between September 25 and October 12 2017, MCNV and the Athena Research Institute, Vrije Amsterdam University, the Netherlands, conducted a retrospective study on the status of nutrition in children ag

MCNV’s attempts to tackle problems faced by ethnic minority adolescent girls

On June 30th 2017, at Khe Sanh town, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province, MCNV collaborated with the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Centre of Quang Tri province to organise a workshop to cons

Promoting the inclusion of young people with disability in SRHR

The LICM project implemented by MCNV in Lao PDR is part of a larger program on inclusion called VOICE; for more information reference can be made to www.voiceglobal.org LICM introduces communicative c

Meeting between MCNV and Vietnamese delegation in The Hague

On Sunday, July 9, MCNV had a meeting in The Hague with the Vietnamese delegation. The Prime Minster and other Ministers from Vietnam were in The Netherlands to talk about cooperation and exchange bet

Scaling-up Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture (NSA) in Lao PDR and Vietnam

In the week of 20th March 2017, the NWO-WOTRO funded project “Scaling-up nutrition-sensitive agriculture” was officially launched in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The launch was hosted by the National Insti

How to Facilitate Writeshops – a two-day course in the Hague by the Barefoot Guide Connection

Approaches & tools for writing stories and learning from practice 15 to 16 May 2017 International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), the Hague, Netherlands Facilitated by the Barefoot Guide Connec

Partnership with Joris Ivens Foundation in MCNV’s jubilee year 2018

In March 2017 a delegation of the Vietnamese Film Institute and the European Foundation Joris Ivens visited the MCNV office in Dong Ha. During the visit MCNV director Guus Paardekooper led the delegat