Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies in Minority Youth in Australia: An Exploration on Contraception Decision Making
In Australia, youth from racial and language minority background might become young parents without their willingness and adequate preparation to enter parenthood, more so than those from the general population. Many of these unwanted pregnancies presumably resulted from a lack of knowledge on contraception use or access to reproductive health support services (Dune, Astell-Burt et
VinUniversity Researcher Performs the First Pelvic Replacement Using 3D-printed Technology in Vietnam
Earlier this year, 2021, a team of scientists led by Dr. Dung Tran Trung, PhD, MD, from the College of Health Science, VinUniversity successfully carried out the first pelvic replacement using 3D-printed technology in patient with bone cancer in Vietnam, with excellent results resulting in near full mobility for the patient. In an article published in Annals of Medicine and Surgery, Dr. Dung and his team describe the case study of a 57-year-old man with
Medical students are willing to participate in COVID-19 frontline prevention work in Vietnam
To effectively control COVID-19 in a resource-scarce developing nation like Vietnam, it is crucial that all health care professionals, including medical students, are willing and able to serve in the frontline health workforce. The constant emergence of new variants puts the country at very high risk. Controlling the spread and treating the patients affected by