WASHINGTON, D.C. — December 14, 2020 Protec, a Vietnamese social enterprise and producer of personal protective equipment, donated 20,000 medical masks to provide life-saving support to healthcare workers and residents in Washington, D.C. The donation of the 20,000 masks have been directed to healthcare workers and patients at Unity Health Care, the largest network of
It was 25 years ago that the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) became an internationally recognized day dedicated to “remembering the millions who have been killed and seriously injured on the world’s roads and to acknowledge the suffering of all affected victims, families and communities.” Yet, road traffic injuries still remain the number
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam—October 28, 2020 AIP Foundation has recently piloted a new methodology to research and analyze “near misses” on the roads in Vietnam. Although far too common on our roads, crashes are actually a relatively rare event; near misses are much more common. Being able to analyze near misses gives us a
The capital city of Beirut, Lebanon, has faced an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the weeks following the Port of Beirut explosion on August 4, which damaged several hospital facilities and left nearly 300,000 individuals without a home. In the aftermath of the explosion, the city faced damage to six of its major hospitals and 20 clinics, producing innumerable challenges for healthcare workers as they treated victims of
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam—19 August 2020 AIP Foundation’s social enterprise, Protec, a helmet maker, recently added COVID-19 mask production in its factory for humanitarian assistance. 10,000 medical masks and gloves will be donated to Abou Jaoude Hospital in Beirut after the recent deadly explosion of Ammonium Nitrate. Hard hit hospitals in Beirut are suffering
In response to the urgent need for personal protective masks during the COVID-19 crisis, AIP Foundation and its social enterprise Protec have partnered together to launch a protective mask initiative to protect healthcare workers on the frontlines. Protec, a helmet manufacturer in Vietnam, will leverage its newly specialized production lines to produce an estimated 100
We are grateful for three distinguished colleagues with whom we have worked for the past decade who have agreed to join our Board of Advisors. All three have not only helped make our projects successful, but they have been mentors and teachers in the most important ways and are responsible for who we are today.
The International Road Safety Assessment Programme (iRAP), a technology non-profit that creates virtual tools for road safety interventions worldwide, hosted a series of virtual trainings on how to utilize their evidence-based, digital approach to prevent unnecessary deaths and suffering. As their lead partner for Vietnam, AIP Foundation has greatly benefitted from iRAP’s Star Rating for Schools
20 February, 2020 – Stockholm, Sweden At the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference for a session on addressing implementation gaps in road safety, panelist Dr. Khuat Viet Hung, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee of Vietnam, shed light on the progress that Vietnam has made on drunk driving through comprehensive traffic legislation and enforcement. According to the National Traffic
19-20 February, 2020 – Stockholm, Sweden Leaders in road safety, youth advocacy, health promotion, and transport joined together at the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety for a panel discussion on integrating road safety into the health agenda for children and young people worldwide. Out of overall development assistance for health, only 2.2% are spent on adolescents,
