TRUNG TÂM NGHIÊN CỨU Y TẾ CÔNG CỘNG VÀ HỆ SINH THÁI
CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH
CENPHER
On November 7, the Vietnam One Health 2023 High Level Forum For Zoonoses was held in Hanoi. The event was co-chaired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Ministries of Health, Natural Resources and Environment, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
On August 10, 2023, a representative of the Center for Research in Public Health and Ecosystem along with a representative of the National Children's Hospital came to work with the staff at Thai Binh Children's Hospital under the program of Project I. - CRECT. The objective of the work program is to give a brief introduction to the project and to train on the use of REDCAP software in collecting and managing research data and to discuss the content and methods of counseling on antibiotic use. effectively prevent antibiotic resistance.
Vietnam has adapted established infection prevention and control (IPC) measures for limited-resource settings to help stop the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), identified as an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat in CDC’s 2019 AR Threats Report. A CDC-supported initiative at The University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City (UMC) in Vietnam that used IPC quality improvement (QI) strategies to reduce CRE colonization and infection in a general intensive care unit (ICU) demonstrates the positive impact that IPC activities can have on CRE prevention.
Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and held annually on 5 June since 1973, World Environment Day is the largest global platform for environmental public outreach and is celebrated by millions of people across the world. This year marks the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, which will focus on solutions to plastic pollution, using the hashtag and slogan #BeatPlasticPollution.
At the closing workshop of the project on Market-Based approaches to improve the safety of pork in Vietnam” (SafePORK), on March 28, the representative of the project said that the intervention packages have helped to improve the quality of pork products and improve the sanitation efficiency of the selling place and the slaughterhouses.