{"id":2393,"date":"2008-03-17T10:15:29","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T09:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/index.php\/2008\/03\/17\/free-eye-operations-for-1000-people-in-north-vietnam\/"},"modified":"2008-03-19T10:22:45","modified_gmt":"2008-03-19T09:22:45","slug":"free-eye-operations-for-1000-people-in-north-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2008\/03\/17\/free-eye-operations-for-1000-people-in-north-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Free eye operations for 1,000 people in North Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thanhniennews.com\/healthy\/?catid=8&amp;newsid=36805\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"080319_pfizereyesurgeryviet.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/080319_pfizereyesurgeryviet.jpg\" title=\"080319_pfizereyesurgeryviet.jpg\" alt=\"080319_pfizereyesurgeryviet.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) and Spanish Pfizer Inc. will jointly carry out free operations on 1,000 trachoma patients in <\/span><st1:place><st1:placename><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Hai<\/span><\/st1:placename><\/st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> <\/span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><st1:placename>Duong<\/st1:placename><\/span><\/st1:placename><\/st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> <\/span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><st1:placetype>Province<\/st1:placetype><\/span><\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> from March 10 to 20. Eight volunteer doctors from Pfizer Inc. will perform the surgery in cooperation with the Social Diseases Prevention Center in the <\/span><st1:state><st1:place><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">northern   province<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:state><\/st1:place><\/st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">. Each operation was estimated to cost US$10. ITI and Pfizer have agreed to provide 75 percent of the cost and <\/span><st1:place><st1:placename><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Hai<\/span><\/st1:placename><\/st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> <\/span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><st1:placename>Duong<\/st1:placename><\/span><\/st1:placename><\/st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> <\/span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><st1:placetype>Province<\/st1:placetype><\/span><\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> will pay the remainder. Image source: thanhniennews.com.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence <span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\">| Country: <\/span>Global<span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\"><\/span><span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\"> | Company: <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=8\"><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=8\">Pfizer<\/a><\/span><span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\"> | <\/span>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thanhniennews.com\/healthy\/?catid=8&amp;newsid=36805\" target=\"_blank\">Thanh Nien Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) and Spanish Pfizer Inc. will jointly carry out free operations on 1,000 trachoma patients in Hai Duong Province from March 10 to 20. Eight volunteer doctors from Pfizer Inc. will perform the surgery in cooperation with the Social Diseases Prevention Center in the northern province. 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