Bao Moi Newspaper - Expanding post-stroke neurological rehabilitation programs in Ho Chi Minh City

On November 23, 2020, the Bao Moi Newspaper reported on  "Expanding Post-stroke Neuro-rehabilitation programs  in Ho Chi Minh City": 

https://baomoi.com/mo-rong-chuong-trinh-phuc-hoi-chuc-nang-sau-dot-quy-o-tp-hcm/c/37117563.epi?fbclid=IwAR3g1u4a2cMTBh5r5q3f06E8MO6z1zNyfKQWCAGPKKTvYBfGjQNljHt-VQU

"Beginning in 2017, the AVANT Program, a collaborative program between Vietnam and the Republic of Austria, was born with the mission of enhancing the capacity of neuro-rehabilitation after stroke through extensive training courses for participants, who are doctors, therapists and caregivers. 

Over the past three years (from 2017 to 2020), the Program has organized 63 classes for health workers from 650 hospitals in 59 provinces and cities nationwide. 4,340 doctors and therapists have completed the course. 

The doctors and therapists specializing in stroke, emergency, neurology, and rehabilitation have access to the latest and most effective philosophies, exercises about stroke treatment. 

The AVANT program has also organized 6 intensive training courses for doctors and therapists from leading hospitals across the country at rehabilitation centers in Austria.

Doctors, therapists, and caregivers are also targets of which the AVANT Program is heading to. The program implements training classes to help family members and caregivers understand the patient, effectively support the patient as well as understand the risk factors to prevent stroke recurrence.

Through rehabilitation exercises, caregivers can help stroke patients in restoring mobility, gradually performing daily activities by themselves, to return to normal life, reduce the burden on family, society.

As of November 2020, nearly 150 training classes were successfully held for nearly 4,000 patients' relatives 

As expected, by 2022, AVANT Program will continue to develop the training network with a total of 150 training courses for health workers and 300 classes for patient's family members, covering hospitals in all 63 provinces and cities nationwide. So that health workers, as well as family members, in mountainous and remote areas, have access to advanced knowledge about stroke and patient care./."