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HEALTH ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR COMPENSATION FOR
VIETNAMESE AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS -- Calls for
compensation
to cover medical care and services, development
of community
support organizations, chronic care and medical
equipment.
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US health association call for compensation to AO
victims
VietNamNet Bridge – The American Public Health Association (APHA) has
adopted a statement calling for the US Government & Chemical Companies'
compensation to Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.
On November 6, 2007, APHA, the largest public health association in the
world, adopted a policy statement calling for US government and the
chemical companies involved to provide specified compensation to
Vietnamese harmed by the spraying of dioxin laden Agent Orange during the
war more than 30 years ago.
The APHA called for compensation to cover medical care and services,
development of community support organisations, chronic care and medical
equipment. It further asked the US government and involved chemical
companies to be responsible to remediate those areas in Vietnam which
still contain high levels of dioxin (the "hot spots").
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‘Mindful of the fact that millions of American
veterans of the Viet Nam War and their families still suffer the effects
of Agent Orange, the APHA policy statement also recommended that the US
government continue to address the enduring psychological and physical
health effects of Agent Orange on American veterans.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, a leading clinician/researcher from Viet Nam
and the Chairwoman of the Obstetrics & Gynecology Department of the
Medical University of Ho Chi Minh City, said "The APHA policy statement
will help to accelerate the present cooperation between the US and Viet
Nam on remediating the environmental affects of Agent Orange. Three
million Vietnamese people are now suffering painful and debilitating
effects of Agent Orange and this policy statement will continue to easing
their suffering and improve the public health."
Meanwhile, Susan Schnall, a public health expert with the Viet Nam Agent
Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign and a Vietnam era Navy veteran,
observed that many American veterans will welcome the APHA's statement
because they experience firsthand the terrible consequences of exposure to
Agent Orange.
“As a health professional who has witnessed the sufferings of both
American soldiers and Vietnamese women and children, I believe that the
APHA is doing the right thing," she said.
(Source: VNA)
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