(VOV) -Vietnam joined 26 other countries and international organisations in Washington D.C on February 13 to review the Global Health Security Agenda.
- Japan funds healthcare project in Dien Bien
- Health Ministry launches action plan against avian flu
- Hanoi to become major healthcare hub by 2020
The agenda was drafted to encourage the early detection of and response to infectious disease outbreaks before such outbreaks escalate to pandemic levels.
Vietnam and Uganda have been selected to run pilot projects under the agenda’s framework.
Over 2013-2014, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (USCDC) have helped Vietnam’s Ministry of Health improve dangerous disease testing capacity at Hanoi’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) and Ho Chi Minh City’s Pasteur Institute.
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Both institutes can now test for viruses including the A/H7N9 avian flu and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
The USCDC also helped Vietnam establish an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) with responsibility for directing responses to potential epidemics and coordinating with interdisciplinary units and international organisations on matters of public health .
The USCDC’s Ugandan pilot project focused on improving testing for cholera, multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, and dengue fever.
The USCDC and the US Department of Defence plan to invest US$40 million in similar projects in 10 other countries. Assuming congressional approval, total investment will rise to US$45 million in 2015. .
The countries participating in the Global Health Security Agenda are Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, China , Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia , Italy, Japan , Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, Uganda, the UK, and Vietnam.
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