The Kim Long Charity Clinic has the aim of increasing access to health care in the Hue and Thua Thien Province to help the underprivileged to improve their health conditions. It is entirely free and provides consultations, health education, free medications, HIV/AIDS counselling as well as investigations such as ultrasound and x-rays and ECG. Please note that while the clinic is run by The Sisters of the the Congregation of Daughters of Mary Immaculate it provides service without discrimination to impoverished people.

Hue is the capital of the Thua Thien Province, located in central Vietnam. The Province has a population of approximately one million, the majority of who are farmers. These farmers are among the poorest in country. Their low income means that they have limited access to health care service or simply cannot afford the limited care that is available.

Malnutrition and tropical diseases are rife among these communities, as well as arthritis, respiratory disease, diarrhoea and other common viruses such as flu. The problems facing these communities include unclean water, lack of proper sanitation and lack of access and availability of drugs and other treatments.

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Last Updated: November 2008