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International Partnership Meeting in 2012 of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology

On 14th December 2012, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) in collaboration with the Second Greater Mekong Subregional Communicable Diseases Control Project, General Department of Preventive Medicine (GDPM), Ministry of Health sponsored by ADB to hold an International Partnership Meeting 2012 at the Library of NIHE, Number 1 Yersin street, Hanoi city, Viet Nam. The meeting holds with the honor presences of Dr. Tran Thanh Duong, Vice Director of GDPM; Prof. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of NIHE; Representatives of International Organizations, Agencies in Viet Nam and Heads of Departments, Project Coordinators in NIHE and Distinguished Guests.

Strengthening the public health laboratory network in Vietnam

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi and the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City are the two national public health reference laboratories in Vietnam. They operate as referral centres for 63 provincial public health laboratories which together form a national communicable disease surveillance network. Peter McMinn has worked with both major laboratories over the past five years, to strengthen their capacity to provide leadership in national communicable disease surveillance.

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Disease Control Meningococcal Disease: Situation in the African Meningitis Belt 23 MARCH 2012 - From 1 January to 11 March (epidemiologic week 10), outbreaks of meningococcal disease has been reported in 15 districts in Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. These outbreaks have been detected as part of the enhanced surveillance in the African Meningitis Belt conducted in 14 countries where a total of 6 685 suspected meningitis cases including 639 deaths have been reported. Strengthening the public health laboratory network in Vietnam Wild Poliovirus Weekly Update	International Cooperation International Partners of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 2012 The National Instittue of Hygiene and Epidemiology has implemented a total of 36 international collaborative projects or programs with international partners in 2012. In which, there are 9 projects/programs directly funded from the foreign Governments, namely Japan, Luxembourg, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Russia, France, USA and Korea, and the rest of collaborative projects/programs are technically and financially supported by International Organizations, Institutions, Universities and Agencies. 2nd ISIRV International Symposium on Neglected Influenza Viruses Severe Influenza: Burden, Pathogenesis and Management, 29th-31st October 2012
National Health Programs Estimating HIV Incidence Among Female Sex Workers: Results from The Pilot of Integrating Short Behavioral Survey into The Routine HIV Sentinel Surveillance Backgrounds: HIV sentinel surveillance is conducted annually among 6 key populations in 39 provinces in Vietnam. To obtain trends of key national and global indicators and HIV infection, some behavioral questions were added to the serosurveys in seven provinces in 2010. This aims to determine HIV prevalence, estimated incidence, risk behaviors, and coverage of intervention among female sex workers (FSW). HIV Prevention Service Coverage for Men Having Sex with Men in 4 Provinces in Viet Nam Results	Researches High Prevalence of Beijing and EAI4-VNM Genotypes among M. tuberculosis Isolates in Northern Vietnam: Sampling Effect, Rural and Urban Disparities Abstract: A total of 221 isolates of M. tuberculosis were sampled from hospitals and the general population in the northern plain of Vietnam, one of the most populated region of the country. Genotypic composition and diversity were characterized, and we investigated how they are affected by sampling (hospital vs. general population), correcting for potential confounding effects (location, age and gender of the patients). Association of The Common FTO Rs9939609 Polymorphism With Type 2 Diabetes, Independent of Obesity-Related Traits in a Vietnamese Population Prevalence and Correlates of Hyperglycemia in A Rural Population, Vietnam: Implications from A Cross--Sectional Study
Education & Training Gordon Research Conference on "Infections of the Nervous System" - Hong Kong, July 2013 Registration and Abstract submission are now open for the first Gordon Research Conference on "Infections of the Nervous System: Pathogenesis and Worldwide Impact", which will be held in Hong Kong, 7-12 July 2013 ( http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2013&program=infectnerv ). Call for proposals 2013 Dedonder Clayton Grant ISIRV Options for the Control of Influenza VIII - Cape Town, South Africa	Publications Animal Livestock and the Risk of Hospitalized Diarrhoea in Children Under 5 Years in Vietnam Abstract: To investigate the association between environmental exposure to Objective A livestock and incidence of diarrhoea among Vietnamese children. Methods 828 households in 525 individuals, living in 75 population-based cohort of 353 Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, with baseline data covering geo-referenced information on demography, socio-economic status and household animals was investigated. Characterization of Vibrio Cholerae O139 of an Aquatic Isolate in Northern Vietnam Imported Dogs as Possible Vehicles of Vibrio Cholerae O1 Causing Cholera Outbreaks in Northern Vietnam