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CDC Vietnam shares HIV/AIDS expertise with Central Asia Region
For more than 10 years, CDC-Vietnam through PEPFAR has been providing scientific and technical expertise to the Government of Vietnam in their fight against HIV/AIDS...
Posted April 29, 2016
US CDC and Vietnam Improve Quality of Care for People Living with HIV in Vietnam
Since 2010, PEPFAR has partnered with the Government of Vietnam, Vietnamese partners, and other international stakeholders to improve the quality of care for people living with HIV/AIDS...
Posted April 29, 2016
Establishing a professional network for HIV/AIDS health care workers
On May 22-23, 2013, international and national HIV/AIDS leaders, health care workers and organizations convened in Hanoi on “Networking for Sustainable Leadership and Management Capacity Building for HIV/AIDS personnel.” ...
Posted April 29, 2016
CDC helps strengthen Vietnam’s national laboratory system
Among the basic building blocks of a strong and sustainable national health system are a high quality laboratory system and a trained local workforce, critical components of the CDC mission in Vietnam...
Posted April 29, 2016
CDC Vietnam earns first prize on TB laboratory management poster presentation
The first prize was awarded to a poster on TB Laboratory Management prepared jointly by CDC Vietnam, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Integrated Quality Laboratory Systems (IQLS)...
Posted April 29, 2016
Kickoff workshop to enhance HIV/AIDS research coordination and prioritization in Vietnam
With funding and technical support from CDC, the first workshop to enhance HIV/AIDS research coordination and prioritization kicked off in Hanoi on June 25, 2013...
Posted April 29, 2016
Congratulations to CDC-Vietnam’s Country Director and Associate Deputy Director
In August, Michelle McConnell (left), CDC-Vietnam Country Director, and Jeanine Ambrosio (right), CDC Deputy Associate Director in the Ho Chi Minh City office, received the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) insignia for their contributions to HIV/AIDS prevention in a festive ceremony organized by HCMC officials...
Posted April 29, 2016
Government to Government Collaboration Beginning Transition to Next Phase of PEPFAR
On September 6, 2013 in Hanoi, CDC launched another five years of collaboration with the Vietnam Ministry of Health - Administration for HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC), to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in Vietnam, with funding from PEPFAR...
Posted April 29, 2016
CDC helps Vietnam Laboratories prepare for international accreditation
With financial support from PEPFAR, twelve laboratories in Vietnam celebrated the successful completion of a rigorous and interactive one-year management training program at a graduation ceremony held in Hanoi on August 29, 2013...
Posted April 29, 2016
CDC Vietnam Partners with Vietnam to Improve Healthcare at District Hospitals
On March 27, 2014, the Nam Dinh Health Department of held a workshop to present the results of a pilot project to improve health care services at district-level hospitals in Nam Dinh province (northern Vietnam)...
Posted April 29, 2016
Regional TOT in SLMTA for TB Hosted in Hanoi
CDC/PEPFAR supported the launch of the first Asia regional training of the trainers held in Hanoi in February 2014 to strengthen the quality of TB laboratories and the National TB Program...
Posted April 29, 2016
Another Lab Awarded ISO Accreditation
On January 10, 2014, the microbiology laboratory at the Children’s Hospital #2 in Ho Chi Minh City was awarded international accreditation by Vietnam Bureau of Accreditation...
Posted April 29, 2016
PMTCT Program in Ho Chi Minh City Reviewed
Over 130 representatives from CDC/PEPFAR supported sites recently participated in a program review of PMTCT held in Ho Chi Minh City to share program achievements in the last 5 years and future directions and strategies for the next period...
Posted April 29, 2016
From SLMTA to ISO accreditation: A success story from Hai DHuong Preventive Medicine Center
Since the lab director and quality manager from the preventive medicine center in Hai Duong learned to improve laboratory management through CDC and WHO’s innovative 1-year laboratory improvement program, SLMTA (Strengthening Laboratory Management Towards Accreditation), they were committed and determined to make improvements in their laboratory...
Posted April 29, 2016
National Technical Workshop on People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) and HIV
On July 29-30 in Hanoi, CDC and the Vietnam Administration on AIDS Control (VAAC) hosted the first national technical workshop to share information and identify strategies to address the HIV/AIDS service needs, gaps, and challenges for people who inject drugs (PWID)...
Posted April 29, 2016
CDC Vietnam-Supported HIV/AIDS Leader in Vietnam Receives Humphrey Fellowship
Nguyen Van Hung is known as one of Vietnam’s most effective and tenacious leaders in his country’s battle against HIV/AIDS, having served on the front lines for nearly 10 years...
Posted April 29, 2016
CDC Strengthens Public Health Laboratory Systems in Vietnam
Before Vietnam was selected to be a PEPFAR focus country in 2004, there were no laboratories accredited to an international standard, no HIV testing guidelines, no laboratory national strategic plan, and no quality management requirements or training for laboratory staff...
Posted April 29, 2016
CDC Vietnam improves provincial level laboratory quality management systems
With CDC’s technical assistance, the Vietnam Administration for Medical Services has been leading national efforts on strengthening the laboratory quality management and held a workshop held on March 17, 2015...
Posted April 29, 2016
Improving the quality of drug addiction treatment in Vietnam
CDC Vietnam and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) recently held a closing workshop to celebrate the achievements of a six year project, “Capacity building on drug addiction treatment for HIV/AIDS prevention in Vietnam.”...
Posted April 29, 2016
Improving medical education and reducing stigma in HIV clinics in Ho Chi Minh City
A current priority of the Vietnam Ministry of Health (MOH) is to improve the quality of medical education in the country...
Posted April 29, 2016
Using the peer-driven intervention model to increase HIV/AIDS case finding in Mai Son district, Son La province
A current priority of the Vietnam Ministry of Health (MOH) is to improve the quality of medical education in the country...
Posted April 29, 2016
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