USAID iniitiative launched in Can Tho bet88 con An Giang

The United States Mission to Vietnam, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), bet88 con the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched on June 7 an initiative in the Mekong Delta's Can Tho city bet88 con An Giang province to build capacities to detect, prevent, bet88 con respond to climate change-related emerging infectious diseases.

Mr. Aler Grubbs, USAID/Vietnam Mission Director said USAID bet88 con Vietnam are building on our nearly 20 years of One Health partnership with a new focus on climate change.

“Today, we are pleased to announce USAID’s One Health project in Vietnam focused on the connection between climate change bet88 con disease threats," he added. "We are launching in Can Tho city bet88 con An Giang province. Together, we will safeguard public health bet88 con support a strong, prosperous, independent, bet88 con resilient Vietnam.”

Vietnam is at a high risk for the emergence bet88 con re-emergence of zoonotic diseases, or infections spread between animals bet88 con people.

Further exacerbating this risk is Vietnam’s high vulnerability to climate change, including changes in rainfall patterns, saltwater intrusion, bet88 con more frequent bet88 con intense weather events bet88 con natural disasters, which can result in increased contact between wildlife, livestock, bet88 con humans bet88 con therefore increased disease spillover risk.

Intensifying floods bet88 con storms also risk damage to local health infrastructure bet88 con people’s access to health services, impacting health workers’ ability to prevent, detect bet88 con control diseases.

The initiative will work with climate-vulnerable Can Tho city bet88 con An Giang province. In consultation with local stakeholders, including businesses bet88 con women’s unions, the initiative will pilot provincial-level models that strengthen the climate change-related “One Health” response across the human, animal, bet88 con environmental health disciplines.

Potential activities include upgrading primary health infrastructure to support continuity of services during extreme weather events, expanding telehealth options, bet88 con equipping local authorities bet88 con health systems to be better positioned to respond to climate-induced public health threats.

“Intensifying drought, saltwater intrusion bet88 con tropical storms in the Mekong Delta can driveoutbreaks of dengue bet88 con other vector-borne diseases, as well as infectious disease spilloversfrom animals to humans," said Mr. Ramla Khalidi, UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam. "The project will support authorities, communities bet88 con other partners inCan Tho bet88 con An Giang to detect, prevent, bet88 con respond to climate change-relatedpublic health threats, recognizing that human health is closely connected to the health of animalsand the environment."

The United States is a committed partner of Vietnam in addressing long-standing bet88 con emerging infectious disease threats, in line with the two countries’ shared priorities under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.