Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Details for Mechanism ID: 12341
Country/Region: Vietnam
Year: 2011
Main Partner: Vietnam Nurses' Association
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Implementing Agency
Funding Agency: USDOD
Total Funding: $485,000

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $255,000

Principle activities to be carried out in support of PFIP 1.1 Improve the availability and quality of care and treatment services, and PFIP 2.3. Strengthen national system of workforce development for improved service delivery building capacity among Vietnamese nurses.

Geographic coverage: throughout Vietnam

Target population: primary population is nurses who care for HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases; secondary population is patients with infectious diseases.

This activity is continuation with refined programmatic focus on: improved quality of care through stronger clinical management and enhanced as well as relevant training for broader application & sustainability.

COP11 key activities:

o Providing technical assistance and coaching to middle and higher level military nursing & medical leader.

o Providing teaching workshop for nursing faculty in military and selected civilian nursing school/nursing department of universities on chronic illness management, infection control

o Supporting revision of current nursing curriculum as needed

o Providing training and technical assistance for clinical management, HIV care and support, patient-focused practices, general health assessment, standard precaution/ Infection control

o Support to clinical sites: maintaining patient-focused care in Infection disease department (operational cost, commodities)

o Supporting travel expenses for implementing staff, at 4 sites, to attend training/ workshops)

o Maintaining TA and monitoring of care-related activities

Budget: $270,000

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Injection Safety (HMIN): $230,000

Principle activities to be carried out in support of PFIP 2.3. Strengthen national system of workforce development for improved service delivery building capacity among Vietnamese clinical health care providers with improved infection control program management and monitoring

Geographic coverage: throughout Vietnam

Target population: clinical healthcare workers (HCW) in both civilian and military health care settings

This activity is continuation with refined programmatic focus on: improved quality of care through enhanced clinical infection control management

COP11 key activities:

o Providing support and technical assistance for development of the training curricula on certification of infection control program officer, including pilot training

o Providing technical assistance and coaching to the National Infection Control Technical Working Group for the development of necessary guidelines

o Supporting consolidation of current guidelines for the development of the national infection control guideline package and related training curriculum

o Implementing model infection control programs in selected civilian and military hospitals, which will utilize the newly developed guideline and infection control program officer certification program

Budget: $230,000

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $500,000
Education $100,000
Human Resources for Health $400,000
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Increasing women's access to income and productive resources
Military Populations