Preventing infant deaths

Newborn mortality rate in Vietnam remains high in large part because there is a lack of newborn resuscitation training – particularly for health professionals in more remote areas of the country. To help address this urgent issue, John Swire & Sons Vietnam organised a fundraiser at its 2023 Annual Lunch and together with local partners raised over US$4,200 for the charity Newborns Vietnam. This amount will fund 18 Newborn Life Support and Instructor scholarships for candidates from provincial hospitals that have historically found it harder to access training.