Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 12967
Country/Region: Vietnam
Year: 2011
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $0

Activity: HIV/STI surveillance support

CDC Vietnam will identify a local health and epidemiology institution with which to partner on HIV/STI co-infection surveillance. The activity will include improving current case reporting and surveillance systems to detect rates of STIs. CDC will support protocol development for testing HCV, HBV, herpes simplex, syphilis and other STIs on stored specimen from existing surveillance such as sentinel surveillance, integrated biological and behavioral surveillance, and incidence surveillance.