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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>Our Projects<\/h1>\nAn overview of the work of the Swiss Laos Hospital Project<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"Im](\"https:\/\/www.swisslaos.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/mother-newborn-hospital-vientiane-15-1.jpg\")
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Working Group Gynaecology & Obstetrics<\/h2>\n
Gynaecology and obstetrics was our first field of activity in Laos, established by our founder Dr. med. Urs Lauper in the year 1999. He started supporting the Mother and Newborn Hospital in Vientiane with the aim of reducing the high mortality rate of mothers and their babies. Our focus is on the training and further education of gynaecologists and midwives. In consultation with the Ministry of Health, our activities have gradually expanded from the capital to other hospitals throughout the country. Projects were carried out to improve hygiene, provide clean drinking water, promote the clean cutting of the umbilical cord and perform HIV screening<\/a>. New priorities are the monitoring of high-risk pregnancies and the introduction of perinatal conferences together with neonatologists.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tLearn more<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"Laotisches](\"https:\/\/www.swisslaos.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/laotisches_baby_in_brutkasten.jpg\")
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Working Group Neonatology<\/h2>\n
Our neonatologists are often on duty at the Mother and Newborn Hospital MNH in Vientiane: there they have a competent and committed partner in the head of the neonatal department, Dr. med. Vesaphong Phommady. Together, they have been able to build MNH into the country's leading training hospital in the field of neotaology over the years. In addition, the neonatology team also regularly visits various other hospitals throughout the country in order to share medical knowledge, to hand over donations (e.g. incubators) or to support the modernisation of infrastructure in neonatal departments. Since 2003, our team under the direction of Dr. med. Marion M\u00f6nkhoff has thus established a total of seven neonatology departments.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>
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Working Group General Medicine<\/h2>\n
Since 2008, Swiss general practitioners have been on four missions a year in the district hospital of Muang Kham (Xieng Khouang province), based on the initiative of Dr. Elisabeth Bandi-Ott, MD. The focus is on the further training of doctors and nursing staff in general medicine \u2013 either during rounds at the patient's bedside or through lectures. Swiss doctors also provide technical and financial support for the hospital laboratory. Since 2014, the group of general practitioners has also been regularly present at the Nong Het District Hospital. Dr. Nathalie Brunner, MD is head of this group since 2024.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>
\n\t\t\t\tLearn more<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"Provinzspital](\"..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_13_provinzspital_phonsavan.jpg\")
<\/h2>\nHospital Partnership Phonsavan-KSW<\/h2>\n
As part of the partnership between the Provincial Hospital Phonsavan and the Cantonal Hospital Winterthur KSW, KSW employees have been working on a regular basis in Laos since 2010. They contribute their medical, nursing or technical expertise and in return gain insights into the working and living conditions of their Laotian colleagues. This cooperation is coordinated by Verein Spitalpartnerschaft Phonsavan (Laos) & Kantonsspital Winterthur<\/a>. Although this association is legally independent of our project, it is part of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Lao Ministry of Health and the Swiss Laos Hospital Project. Both in Switzerland and Laos, the two associations work closely together, and the hospital partnership is also represented on the SLHP board.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"Vorbereitung](\"https:\/\/www.swisslaos.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/vorbereitung_materialspenden_containertransport.jpg\")
<\/h2>\nShipping of Materials<\/h2>\n
Every year the Swiss Laos Hospital Project sends a shipping container full of donations in kind to Laos. These include ultrasound equipment, operating tables, incubators, infusion pumps and monitors, as well as work clothing and consumables. These donations come from Swiss hospitals and medical practices. Our volunteers collect, sort and pack the material in Switzerland - and in Laos they ensure the sensible distribution of the donations in kind to the individual hospitals.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>
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Internships for Bachelors of Medicine<\/h2>\n
Since 2016 the Swiss Laos Hospital Project has been arranging one-month internships at the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) in the Laotian capital Vientiane. The MCH is the most important training hospital in gynaecology, obstetrics and neonatology in Laos.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>
\n\t\t\t\tLearn more<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"Weiterbildung](\"https:\/\/www.swisslaos.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/weiterbildung_dr_chanphone_vientiane.jpg\")
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Scholarships<\/h2>\n
District hospitals in particular often lack trained specialists. Resident doctors with potential therefore receive scholarships from the Swiss Laos Hospital Project for a 3- to 6-month training course in Vientiane Capital. These scholarships are provided on the condition that the doctors return to their hospital after the training.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>
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HIV-Projekt<\/h2>\n
The Prevention of Transmission of HIV from Mother to Child (PMCT) project is based at the Mother and Newborn Hospital (MNH) in Vientiane. It has been supported by the Swiss Laos Hospital Project for many years and aims to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their children during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>
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Working Group Gynaecology & Obstetrics<\/h2>\n
Gynaecology and obstetrics was our first field of activity in Laos, established by our founder Dr. med. Urs Lauper in the year 1999. He started supporting the Mother and Newborn Hospital in Vientiane with the aim of reducing the high mortality rate of mothers and their babies. Our focus is on the training and further education of gynaecologists and midwives. In consultation with the Ministry of Health, our activities have gradually expanded from the capital to other hospitals throughout the country. Projects were carried out to improve hygiene, provide clean drinking water, promote the clean cutting of the umbilical cord and perform HIV screening<\/a>. New priorities are the monitoring of high-risk pregnancies and the introduction of perinatal conferences together with neonatologists.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Our neonatologists are often on duty at the Mother and Newborn Hospital MNH in Vientiane: there they have a competent and committed partner in the head of the neonatal department, Dr. med. Vesaphong Phommady. Together, they have been able to build MNH into the country's leading training hospital in the field of neotaology over the years. In addition, the neonatology team also regularly visits various other hospitals throughout the country in order to share medical knowledge, to hand over donations (e.g. incubators) or to support the modernisation of infrastructure in neonatal departments. Since 2003, our team under the direction of Dr. med. Marion M\u00f6nkhoff has thus established a total of seven neonatology departments.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Since 2008, Swiss general practitioners have been on four missions a year in the district hospital of Muang Kham (Xieng Khouang province), based on the initiative of Dr. Elisabeth Bandi-Ott, MD. The focus is on the further training of doctors and nursing staff in general medicine \u2013 either during rounds at the patient's bedside or through lectures. Swiss doctors also provide technical and financial support for the hospital laboratory. Since 2014, the group of general practitioners has also been regularly present at the Nong Het District Hospital. Dr. Nathalie Brunner, MD is head of this group since 2024.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> As part of the partnership between the Provincial Hospital Phonsavan and the Cantonal Hospital Winterthur KSW, KSW employees have been working on a regular basis in Laos since 2010. They contribute their medical, nursing or technical expertise and in return gain insights into the working and living conditions of their Laotian colleagues. This cooperation is coordinated by Verein Spitalpartnerschaft Phonsavan (Laos) & Kantonsspital Winterthur<\/a>. Although this association is legally independent of our project, it is part of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Lao Ministry of Health and the Swiss Laos Hospital Project. Both in Switzerland and Laos, the two associations work closely together, and the hospital partnership is also represented on the SLHP board.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Every year the Swiss Laos Hospital Project sends a shipping container full of donations in kind to Laos. These include ultrasound equipment, operating tables, incubators, infusion pumps and monitors, as well as work clothing and consumables. These donations come from Swiss hospitals and medical practices. Our volunteers collect, sort and pack the material in Switzerland - and in Laos they ensure the sensible distribution of the donations in kind to the individual hospitals.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Since 2016 the Swiss Laos Hospital Project has been arranging one-month internships at the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) in the Laotian capital Vientiane. The MCH is the most important training hospital in gynaecology, obstetrics and neonatology in Laos.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> District hospitals in particular often lack trained specialists. Resident doctors with potential therefore receive scholarships from the Swiss Laos Hospital Project for a 3- to 6-month training course in Vientiane Capital. These scholarships are provided on the condition that the doctors return to their hospital after the training.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> The Prevention of Transmission of HIV from Mother to Child (PMCT) project is based at the Mother and Newborn Hospital (MNH) in Vientiane. It has been supported by the Swiss Laos Hospital Project for many years and aims to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their children during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\nWorking Group Neonatology<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nWorking Group General Medicine<\/h2>\n
<\/h2>\nHospital Partnership Phonsavan-KSW<\/h2>\n
<\/h2>\nShipping of Materials<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nInternships for Bachelors of Medicine<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nScholarships<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nHIV-Projekt<\/h2>\n
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