Reports

The USAID-funded Strategies to Prevent (STOP) Spillover project led by Tufts University was designed to implement interventions reducing the risk of viral spillover in several countries including Viet Nam. In Viet Nam, STOP Spillover will fully engage Government of Viet Nam (GOV) partners. It will be led by the Viet Nam One Health University Network (VOHUN), with broader stakeholders engaged in One Health Design, Research, and Mentoring (OH-DReaM) working groups.

Through Outcome Mapping (OM), a structured participatory tool that uses a bottom-up collaborative process, spillover ecosystem stakeholders (both traditional and non-traditional) are empowered to identify and reduce zoonotic spillover risks at human-animal-environment interfaces and develop an outcome-oriented project action plan. This report outlines the details of the OM workshop activities Dong Nai province.

The STOP Spillover in Vietnam funded by USAID and led by Tufts University, is a five-year project under the management of the Hanoi University of Public Health (HUPH) and implemented by the Vietnam One Health University Network (VOHUN). Under the Year 3 implementation framework, the project conveyed an activity of “Viet Nam Zoonotic Disease Data Collection and Management Assessment” (Activity 3.1) with the aims to (1) identify current gaps and needs in zoonotic disease data management systems in Dong Nai province through a survey with local OH actors and networks; and (2) discuss with key actors and develop a set of recommendations based on the  survey findings. An assessment report has been completed with active participation and valuable contributions of One Health partners in Dong Nai province, Global technical advisors, and USAID’s approval in March 2023

The Viet Nam STOP Spillover would like to thank the leaders of the Dong Nai Departments of Health (DOH), of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD); the leaders and officials of the District Departments of Animal Health & Forest Protection of Dong Nai DARD, Center for Disease Control (CDC), Professional Division of DOH, the Health Stations, and more than 40 leaders and staffs of the District Health Centers, Commune Health Stations, Forest Protection and Animal Health networks in Bien Hoa city, Dinh Quan and Tan Phu districts for their great support, active involvement and sharing of valuable information for this study. Finally, our special thanks go to the donor USAID, advisors and experts in human, animal, and environmental health from the consortium of Tufts University for their great support throughout the preparation, implementation, finalization and approval of the report.

Year 3 Annual Report OHWNG