Vietnam Archives - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

Vietnam works with USC and partners to develop health policy for safe, effective surgical care

Posted on November 14, 2016February 27, 2018

Along with a team of professionals from Operation Smile and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Assistant Professor Shubha Kumar recently traveled to Vietnam to assist in health policy development. (more…)... read more →

USC Partners with Vietnamese Political Academy

Posted on March 18, 2016August 21, 2018

A delegation of officials from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the primary institution for training the country's civil service elite, signed a partnership agreement with three USC schools March 2 to fac... read more →

Baby cereals overlooked in assessment of Vietnam child nutrition

Posted on February 3, 2016August 25, 2018

The World Health Organization's standardized questionnaire for assessing infant and young child feeding practices does not include commercial baby cereals, which are derived from several food groups and are fortified with mic... read more →

Partnership with Vietnam to integrate human rights in population law

Posted on July 23, 2015July 28, 2018

Through a longstanding relationship with Vietnam, Program on Global Health & Human Rights Director Sofia Gruskin began a new project in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). She will advise Vietnam... read more →

Genetic risk factors for orofacial clefts in Central Africans and Southeast Asians

Posted on August 6, 2014February 27, 2018

In partnership with the USC Institute for Global Health and the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Operation Smile, Inc., is investigating genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of clefts for its International Fami... read more →