History:

Institute for protection of mother and newborn (IPMN) was established in 1966. IPMN is the leading institute for gynaecology-pregnancy and family planning in Viet Nam.

The board of director:

Vice director
M. S Nguyen Duc Hinh

Director
Ph.D Nguyen Duc Vi

Vice director
M.D Do Thang Khuong

* Man power:

- Staffs: 377 in which

Professional doctor: 77
Prof and assistance prof: 2
Ph.D: 4
M.S: 18
1st grade medical doctor: 56
2nd grade medical doctor: 15
Pharmacists: 4
Bachellor and Engineer: 7
Nurse, midwives: 144
Assistance doctor: 40

- Bed:

Gynaecology: 150
Pregnacy: 140
New born: 60

*Scientific research:

Many themes are studied such as: detection for early treatment of pregnancy with high risk, genital cancer, the ways of contraceptive and family planning etc... Endoscopic surgery successfully has applied since 1996. Application research of many high techniques such as microsurgery, ultrasound-Doppler, laser and reproductive assistance techniques (IVF, ISCI...).

* Consultation and treatment:

Admitting and treating the patients with severe and serious diseases from lower levels

. Out patients: 108600
. In patients: 12300
. Birth: 7300
. Surgeries: 4000

* Education and training:

. IPMN is practising facility for medical students in Hanoi and other provinces
. Collaborating with Hanoi medical university to teach the hospital medical doctor, 1st or 2 nd grade medical doctor, candidates of Master of science and phylosophy doctor
. Retraining the doctors and nurses in lower levels.

* Profession guiding:

. Being responsible for guiding and managing the profession technique
. Implementing the dicisions, instructions of ministry of health in gynaecology-pregnancy and family planning in the whole country.
. Setting the technical standards and professional guidlines to practise unified in the whole country.

* Disease prevention:

Dissemining, communicating and educating the knowledge in the health of mother and children, prevention of pregnant complications and sexual transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS ... etc...
. Enhancing the ways of contraceptive in the publicity. Communicating and educating the breast feeding, malnutrition prevention and control for pregnat women and children.

* International cooperation:

. Strengthening the cooperation with the international organizations to upgrade the profession and update the knowledge of cadres.
. Collaborating with many international organizations to implement many conferences, meeting in scientific researches of reproductive health/family planning, variety of disease prevention and treatment.

* Collaboration:

. World health organization, other international organizations
. Ha noi medical university
. Viet Nam gynaecology-pregnacy association
. Viet Nam family planning association
. Viet Nam midwide association
. Public organizations