An overview of the session (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – The Vietnamese Ministry of Health hopes the US
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will continue to assist Vietnam
in the prevention of dangerous diseases such as influenza, COVID-19, zoonotic
diseases and HIV/AIDS.
The proposal was made by the Acting Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan on September
6 afternoon during a working session with Eric Dziuban, Vietnam Country
Director of US CDC.
Lan emphasised that in the past, the US Government, the US Department of Health
and the US CDC supported the Vietnamese Government and people with medical
equipment and vaccines against .
Health cooperation between the two countries has developed well over the past
25 years and the partnership with the US CDC is extremely important, she said.
The health cooperation focuses on various important fields such as infectious
disease and HIV/AIDS prevention, nosocomial infection control, antibiotic resistance
and strengthening laboratory testing capacity.
The US CDC has been supporting Vietnam in the global health security programme,
field epidemiology training programme, and the establishment and operation of
the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at the Ministry of Health
and at four regional institutes, she said.
US CDC’s support projects and technical assistance have enhanced the efficiency
of Vietnam’s disease prevention and surveillance, especially COVID-19,
prevention, tuberculosis control, antibiotic resistance and global health
security, Lan said.
During the working session, Eric Dziuban highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in
the fight against COVID-19.
In the context that public health landscape is constantly changing, we need to
continue our work to ensure Vietnam is prepared with the best possible
foundation. The US CDC is committed to further fostering health cooperation
with Vietnam and realising the common goal which is to strengthen domestic
healthcare systems, he said.
The US CDC has provided technical support for Vietnam in the surveillance,
diagnosis and treatment of monkeypox as a globally emerging disease, he said.
Since early June 2022, when monkeypox began to spread globally and continued to
be declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization,
the US CDC has worked closely with the to ensure Vietnam’s
readiness in response to this disease.
The US is also providing technical assistance in Vietnam’s national CDC
development plans to further strengthen the country’s healthcare system
capacity./.
Source: VietnamPlus
