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In 2013, Vietnam determined that Social Health Insurance (SHI) was the single most important financing mechanism for the long-term sustainability of its HIV/AIDS response. Since then, USAID has been working closely with the Vietnamese government to transition financing the country’s HIV response from donors to SHI. This has resulted in revision of the SHI Law to include funding for HIV treatment and more than 80% of all HIV clinics are now reimbursed by SHI for HIV services.
To combat wildlife trafficking, USAID Saving Species and USAID Wildlife Asia hired GlobeScan, a globally recognized public opinion research consultancy, to conduct multiple wildlife consumer demand studies in China, Thailand and Vietnam. The results uncovered the beliefs, attitudes and values of consumers which drive them to buy and use wildlife parts and products.
On February 20, the USAID Linkages for Small and Medium Enterprises (LinkSME) project conducted pre-evaluation visits to two Vietnamese SMEs in Ho Chi Minh City. Both of these companies manufacture high-precision machining parts used in metal grinding, drilling, etc. The visits covered the first stage in a two-stage supplier evaluation process.
One in three people living with HIV in Vietnam are undiagnosed, thereby potentially unknowingly transmitting the virus. Hence, new strategies and models of HIV testing are urgently needed to reach these undiagnosed populations and help them enroll in antiretroviral treatment, effectively stopping transmission. Last year, USAID’s Healthy Markets project conducted an evaluation of a lay provider (non-professional) HIV testing pilot in partnership with Vietnam’s Ministry of Health and Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population.
Inspired by USAID’s strong support to Vietnamese physical therapists through various training and networking activities over the last two years, a group of Vietnamese physical therapists established the Vietnam Physical Therapy Association (VPTA) last month. The association has received strong support from the Ministry of Health and tens of thousands of physical therapists have joined throughout the country.
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