About VNMAP

The Viet Nam Medical Assistance Program was created by a group of students from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. We are sponsored by the national Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA). The main purpose of the program is to address the health disparity in Viet Nam while providing medical students an opportunity to gain first-hand experience by involving in treating health problems in a developing country.

The program's first mission took place in June, 2007. With a team of 11 members, including medical doctors, medical students, and volunteers, we served the people at Dien Khanh Hospital, which is located in Khanh Hoa province. In this first mission, we had a chance to combat bad health conditions of the residents. We also visited and built up our contacts with several charity organizations in Viet Nam that are in critical need of assistance to continue serving the poor. With many requests for health care support; however, a single team cannot provide services to all locations. To resolve this problem, besides operating our annual medical mission to Vietnam, we would like to collaborate with different medical teams and individuals that would like to work in Viet Nam and that share similar as that of ours. Together, we will be able to bring better healthcare assistance to the poor residents in the rural areas of Viet Nam.