VN001- Programme Assistant to support Department of Public Heath, NIHE to well deploy Vaccine Effectiveness study activities

Background

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 resulted in a global pandemic with over 611,421,786 cases and 6,512,438 deaths confirmed by the World Health Organization as of 24 September 2022. In Viet Nam, the Ministry of Health officially reported 11.470,164 cumulative cases and 43.146 cumulative deaths as of 24 September 2022.

Viet Nam began the COVID-19 vaccination rollout among population older than 18 years in March 2021. By 30 June 2022, coverage of the primary series reached nearly 100% for the population over 18 years of age and 93.8% for those 12-17 years of age, while the coverage of the booster dose reached about 63% and 12% for the 18-year-old and 12-17-year-old population, respectively. 

Vaccine effectiveness studies allow researchers to assess how well vaccines protect people from illness in “real-world” conditions, outside of a clinical trial, to examine waning of vaccine-induced immunity, effectiveness against emerging variants as well as effectiveness in various settings/populations. In the context of Viet Nam, the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines has not been widely explored in Viet Nam and there is an urgent need to do so. This study aims to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of COVID-19 boosters in Viet Nam to inform the Ministry of Health (MoH) in evaluating and updating vaccination strategies and provide (local?) evidence to support risk communication for better vaccine uptake.

Therefore, WHO representative office of Viet Nam commences SSA to provide support to Department of Public Heath, NIHE to well deploy Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) study activities and to effectively coordinate supports by WHO in the biennium from 2022-2023

Planned timelines

Start date 1 February 2023

End date: 31 December 2023

Address for applications:

Administrative Officer

World Health Organization

wpvnmapplicants@who.int

Note: applicants should indicate vacancy notice number and title of position in the email subject