Re: Take something back: Contacts needed

[Judy Ladinsky <jlladins@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

At 06:22 AM 3/27/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear friends,
>
>I have just talked to my head of department, Prof Richard Peto, one of
>the most famous epidemiologists in the worlds. I asked for books, monographs,
>journals that the department might throw away. He said that the department
>could do better than that, and he offered new and important books and 
>proceedings--my baggage allowance might not be enough, he offered to invite a 
>Vietnamese to an international conference--expenses paid, he offered to ask
the 
>journals to give free subscription to certain institutions in Vietnam. But we 
>need to know what work is being done in Vietnam and what is needed there so 
>there is no waste.
>
>In epidemiology, we need to know the cause of deaths in the population and the 
>age at death. Then we can optimize control strategy. How can I find out
what is 
>being done, who are doing it, what they need in Vietnam?
>
>Huy
Dear Huy
    Epidemiology in Vietnam is being done by the Pasteur Institute in HCMC
for all the southern provinces
  the Pasteur Institute in  Nha Trang for the central Provinces and the
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
  for the northern provinces and the synthesis of all data for the country.
There is also a division of Epidemiology
in the Ministry of Health.  There is a systematic methodology for data
collection for the whole country in place and operrating fairly well.
   The US Committee for Scientific Cooperation with Vietnam sends about l4
tons a year of scientific and medical books
and journals to various Institute and organizational libraries.  Please
contact me if you need further information or detail
at 608-263-4l50.   The agreement is that all books and journals must be
published within the last 5 years.  They do not want
  old books.    They have subscriptions to many of the journals now.  I
agree, please find out what they have and what they need
  before sending.  If you wish I can assistyou.  Also please understand that
many other countries are also assisting Vietnam
       Best wishes
       Dr. Judith L. Ladinsky
       USCFSCWVN
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