Vietnam's success story against COVID-19

Chi Nguyen Thi Yen; Catherine Hermoso; Elaine May Laguilles; Louise Elaine De Castro; Shera Marie Camposano; Noel Jalmasco; Kim Aira Cua; Mashkur Abdulhamid Isa; Edikan Friday Akpan; Tuan Phong Ly; Shyam Sundar Budhathoki; Attaullah Ahmadi; Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, III

Public Health in Practice (Nov 2021)

Vietnam's success story against COVID-19

Chi Nguyen Thi Yen,
Catherine Hermoso,
Elaine May Laguilles,
Louise Elaine De Castro,
Shera Marie Camposano,
Noel Jalmasco,
Kim Aira Cua,
Mashkur Abdulhamid Isa,
Edikan Friday Akpan,
Tuan Phong Ly,
Shyam Sundar Budhathoki,
Attaullah Ahmadi,
Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, III

Affiliations

Chi Nguyen Thi Yen: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002, Basel, Switzerland; School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Catherine Hermoso: College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines; Corresponding author. College of Medicine, Bicol University, Albay, 4500, Philippines.
Elaine May Laguilles: College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines
Louise Elaine De Castro: College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines
Shera Marie Camposano: College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines
Noel Jalmasco: College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines
Kim Aira Cua: College of Medicine, Bicol University, Daraga, Albay, Philippines
Mashkur Abdulhamid Isa: School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Edikan Friday Akpan: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Tuan Phong Ly: School of Tourism Management, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao, SAR, China
Shyam Sundar Budhathoki: Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Attaullah Ahmadi: Medical Research Center, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan; Global Health Focus Asia, Kabul, Afghanistan
Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, III: Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Faculty of Management and Development Studies, University of the Philippines (Open University), Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2
p. 100132

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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.

Published in Public Health in Practice

ISSN: 2666-5352 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/public-health-in-practice

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