Vietnam
In partnership with CDC, the CDC Foundation seeks to strengthen the ability of the Ministry of Health in Vietnam to detect, respond and prevent outbreaks that threaten both the population of the country and world. This includes activities to strengthen influenza preparedness, improve advanced diagnostic laboratory capacity, strengthen the epidemiological workforce, improve antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance and antibiotic use, expand health care service delivery for tuberculosis (TB) and improve immunization delivery. Specific public-private partnership resource needs in Vietnam include:
Disease Focus–Influenza
NEED
Vietnam is at high risk for emerging influenza viruses with pandemic potential.
INTERVENTION
Strengthen the surveillance system for Severe Viral Pneumonia, the primary system for detection of novel influenza viruses and other emerging respiratory pathogens in humans
Estimate the economic burden of influenza in Vietnam
Introduce seasonal flu vaccine and implement national scale up
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Disease specific (Influenza)
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$3.8 million
Workforce Development–Epidemiology Training
NEED
Key to addressing the challenges of outbreak detection, prevention and response in Vietnam is the development of a public health workforce with solid practical epidemiological skills.
INTERVENTION
Expand the Field Epidemiology Training Program in Vietnam
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Workforce development
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$1.6 million
Immunization–Policy Enhancement
NEED
There is a need to enhance Vietnam’s major immunization policy authorities for greater independence and technical expertise focused on linking decision-making to scientific evidence.
INTERVENTION
Strengthen the evidence-based decision-making capacity of national immunization policy authorities
Increase demand for and usage of existing, routinely recommended immunizations
Build economic analysis and financial planning capacity in the national immunization program
Strengthen sub-national capacity for surveillance and data management of vaccine-preventable diseases
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Immunization
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$2.1 million
Laboratory–Reference Labs
NEED
The ministry of health has limited capacity to detect unusual or emerging pathogens in the course of outbreak investigations.
INTERVENTION
Establish a national public health reference laboratory network with the capacity for advanced diagnostic testing that produces credible results
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Laboratory
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$1.2 million
Surveillance–Antimicrobial Resistance
NEED
Unpublished AMR surveillance data show carbapenem resistance to be highly endemic in Vietnam and an urgent threat to public health.
INTERVENTION
Establish a national AMR surveillance system to strengthen Vietnam’s ability to improve response to resistant infections and improve patient safety
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Surveillance
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$2.6 million
Disease Focus–Tuberculosis
NEED
Among 30 high-burden TB countries in the world, Vietnam ranks sixteenth, with an estimated 124,000 new TB patients in 2017 alone, including 7,100 cases of multidrug-resistant TB and 12,000 TB-related deaths.
INTERVENTION
Rapidly reduce TB burden in Ho Chi Minh City and other priority provinces through demonstration projects and scale up
Prevent TB among US-bound immigrants and refugees from Vietnam
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Disease specific (TB)
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$2.3 million