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Supporting War Victims and People with Disabilities

Through a donation from the Australian Embassy in Vientiane, the Supporting War Victims project renovated the operating room at the Salavan Province Hospital, contributing to a lower infection rate after surgeries.

Since 1996, World Education in Laos has partnered with the Lao National Rehabilitation Center (NRC) and the Lao Ministry of Health (MOH) to improve medical care in order to assist people with disabilities and survivors of UXO accidents.

World Education has helped over five hundred UXO survivors in five provinces through improved medical care and direct funding assistance. The Supporting War Victims and People With Disabilities project provides training in hospital project management for administrators and medical personnel, in order to develop effective administrative and management systems within the medical system. The project has also trained medical personnel in specific surgical techniques designed to best support UXO survivors, and all trainings utilize a training-for-trainers approach, in which experienced staff learn the skills necessary to pass their expertise on to other learners. This participatory model of medical upgrading was handed over to Xieng Khouang and Huaphan provinces in 2004 and is presently being implemented in Salavan and Champassak provinces.

The Supporting War Victims project also provides essential medical equipment to hospitals and medical centers, then trains staff in the appropriate use and maintenance of the equipment. New construction and renovation of existing medical structures have helped to accommodate patient caseloads.

The Supporting War Victims and People With Disabilities project (previously titled the War Victims Assistance Project) has been supported since 1996 by USAID.

Read the story, Improving Health Care Management in Laos