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One Trained Doctor Saves 250 AIDS Patients
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Summary
Healthcare workers in developing countries will get coached by Western physicians to improve their clinical skills in caring for HIV/AIDS patients, thereby saving lives.
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Received $5,020 from 23 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Anti-AIDS medications are being introduced in developing countries yet local healthcare workers are not knowledgeable enough about HIV and treatment. Patients are not getting proper care even though the medication is available. Leaders of developing countries have asked ICEHA to provide volunteer experts at their clinics for 6 months. This is all it will take to make the leap toward practical expertise and good care. As a result, patients’ lives are saved.
Activities
ICEHA recruits and prepares Western physicians and nurses for rapid skill transfer. They are stationed on a pro bono basis in clinics in developing countries for 6- to 12-week periods. The local government and ICEHA jointly provide quality control.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $5,020
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $24,980
Total Funding Goal: $30,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Starting AIDS patients on medication will enable them to continue to contribute to their families and their communities. By creating local medical expertise, a healthcare system that will benefit patients across diseases is built from within.
Project Message
The training program taught us to no longer be afraid of our HIV-infected patients! We now have tools that we can apply to clinics, even if we may not yet have the antiretroviral medication available.
- Nguyen Van Ngoc, M.D., Vice Director, Hoa Binh Provincial Hospital
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on August 01, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 17, 2005.
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