US organisation helps improve infection control, investigation for medical establishments

Ceremony to announce decision to establish Expanded Infection Control and Investigation Unit (Photo: )

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The Hue Central Hospital in the central
province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 10 launched its Expanded Infection Control
and Investigation Unit () sponsored by PATH, an US non-profit
organisation targeting improvement of public health.

EICI is set up through the project on establishing and
operating an at the Hue
Central Hospital, which has a total budget of nearly 3.4 billion VND (145,300
USD) and is implemented from May 2022 to May 2024.

The unit’s activities are expected to contribute to
improving the capacity of the hospital and other medical facilities in the
region for early detection, response and control of outbreaks of nosocomial
infections, including antibiotic resistance and other emerging infectious
diseases.

Dr. Nguyen To Nhu, Director of Vietnam, said that PATH
and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC US) will bring
technical methods and training programmes to improve the capacity of human
resources with a new and scientific way of doing suitable to Vietnam’s
conditions to better support infection and disease control in hospitals./.