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Vietnam's success story against COVID-19.
Nguyen Thi Yen, Chi; Hermoso, Catherine; Laguilles, Elaine May; De Castro, Louise Elaine; Camposano, Shera Marie; Jalmasco, Noel; Cua, Kim Aira; Isa, Mashkur Abdulhamid; Akpan, Edikan Friday; Ly, Tuan Phong; Budhathoki, Shyam Sundar; Ahmadi, Attaullah; Lucero-Prisno, Don Eliseo.
  • Nguyen Thi Yen C; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Hermoso C; School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
  • Laguilles EM; College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines.
  • De Castro LE; College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines.
  • Camposano SM; College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines.
  • Jalmasco N; College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines.
  • Cua KA; College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines.
  • Isa MA; College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines.
  • Akpan EF; School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
  • Ly TP; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
  • Budhathoki SS; School of Tourism Management, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao, SAR, China.
  • Ahmadi A; Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Lucero-Prisno DE; Medical Research Center, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Public Health Pract (Oxf) ; 2: 100132, 2021 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1221012
ABSTRACT
Vietnam's close proximity to China where the COVID-19 outbreak started made it one of the countries expected to have widespread transmission of the virus. However, the country opposed this expectation and attained low spread of COVID-19 infection due to its proactive approaches in containing the disease. As of March 11, 2021, Vietnam has a total of 2529 confirmed cases, equivalent to 26 cases per one million population-compared to the global rate of 15,223 cases. The low-cost model approach used by Vietnam in dealing with previous public health issues, tackle the importance of a strategic public health system, good governance, and citizen cooperation in the fight against COVID 19 pandemic. This paper aims to analyze Vietnam's achievement in its early and continued success in combating COVID-19 by taking into account various aspects of its health system and experience on outbreaks that have previously occurred and how these can be applied to current COVID-19 responses.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Language: English Journal: Public Health Pract (Oxf) Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.puhip.2021.100132