Việt Nam is among 30 countries with the highest burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the world with more than 172,000 patients and 10,400 deaths from the disease per year, figures from a World Health Organisation report in 2020 revealed.
The Laidlaw Scholars Program, hosted at Cornell by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, trains early undergraduates in international research and leadership and sends them out into the world for hands-on experiences.