CPAP - Neonatal Care Program
There are 1.6 million babies born in Vietnam every year. 128,000 are born premature. Half of premature babies suffer from respiratory distress, and up to 30% of premature babies with respiratory distress will suffocate without the help of a simple machine called CPAP - Continuous Positive Air Pressure. Approximately 20,000 babies every year will die for a lack of CPAP, a basic piece of medical equipment standard in every U.S. hospital.

ICAN, The East Meets West Foudation, and Project Vietnam of the American Academy of Pediatrics have formed a partnership to save the lives of the very smallest babies. We will provide hospitals with this life-saving device, which is designed by an American engineer and manufactured in Vietnam. The CPAP unit gives premature babies with respiratory distress gentle breaths of air - just enough to inflate their lungs for a few days until they can breath on their own. Our goal is to install hundreds of new CPAP machines in hospitals all over Vietnam. A CPAP machine made by our partner in Vietnam cost only $2800 - less than one-fifth the cost of one imported from the U.S.

Can you help? Your donation will bring a baby the gentle breath of life. Call 408-509-8788 to find out more or to donate.

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Tue Tinh Duong Free Clinic
ICAN has been organizing campaigns and activities to raise fund for Tue Tinh Duong, a free clinic for the poor in Hue - Thua Thien (Vietnam). The clinic has been in service for 15 years, helping thousands of children, and now is in need of a new facility. Click on following link for details:

+ Tue Tinh Duong Page