U.S. Government Collaborates with Ministry of Health to Strengthen the Quality of HIV/AIDS Services in Viet Nam

June 27, 2008

Representatives of provincial HIV/AIDS care and prevention services convened in Hanoi the week of June 22 to conduct a midterm review of a management training program designed to strengthen the quality of HIV/AIDS services in Vietnam. This program was conducted by Hanoi School of Public Health with sponsorship and participation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Global AIDS Program, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Vietnam.

The review was conducted by the Hanoi School of Public Health in collaboration with the Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) and regional partners from Center for Preventive Medicine in Da Nang, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health and the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City. The purpose of the review was to assess the effectiveness of the current program activities in improving HIV/AIDS services in Vietnam and to discuss institutionalizing and standardizing the management development activities across the national HIV/AIDS system as part of VAAC’s human resource development plan to 2010.

Concurrently, 87 HIV/AIDS managers from 21 provincial HIV/AIDS centers presented their final management improvement projects and graduated from the program in the central and north regions. Further capacity-building activities will focus on HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Systems and Quality Management Programs for HIV/AIDS organizations.

"Support from the PEPFAR program has enabled our partners in Vietnam to provide innovative management training and support activities throughout the country, and work with hundreds of HIV/AIDS program managers to have a positive impact on improving HIV/AIDS services for Vietnam. We are looking forward to using the results of this program review to bring new ideas for strengthening the program during 2008-2009," said Janna Brooks, Senior Public Health Advisor, CDC.