Health information and case reporting systems are vital to measure and monitor epidemic control. USAID’s Sustainable HIV Response From Technical Assistance (SHIFT) Project has worked with local health authorities to compare records from Vietnam’s case reporting system (HIVInfo) to local HIV treatment registers to identify untreated people living with HIV (PLHIV). In April, the project began supporting local health authorities in Tay Ninh and Tien Giang provinces to analyze, clean and compare HIV case reports against treatment records for local clinics. Within a two month period, the project and its local partners analyzed records for more than 8,000 patients in HIVInfo and identified more than 2,900 PLHIV not currently on treatment.

So what? With this significant data analysis completed in these two provinces, USAID can help those involved in the local HIV response re-engage previously diagnosed but untreated PLHIV. The project is now helping health authorities in Dong Nai province to replicate this important exercise.