VN005 – Agreement of Performance of Work holder (firm/ institution) for Data analysis and Assessment result report

Background

To meet the requirements of the IHR 2005 to detect, alert, report and respond to infectious disease outbreaks and public health events, the WHO recommends member countries to consider developing an Early Warning and Response (EWAR) system and providing guidance on the implementation of IBS and EBS. The implementation of those is expected to facilitate disease monitoring, early detection and effective response to possible disease outbreaks. 

In Viet Nam, the national notifiable disease reporting is governed by the MoH’s Circular No. 54/2015/TT-BYT dated 1st July 2016 and has been implemented via an online reporting system (eCDS). This system is considered a backbone of the IBS system in country over the years. EBS has initially been established in Viet Nam in 2014 mainly focusing on media reporting. During the period of 2016-2018, major efforts were made to further standardize its procedures via pilot implementation, both in community and in health care facilities of selected provinces, with support from WHO, the US CDC and PATH. The results of such pilot implementation had informed the official issuance of the National Guidelines for EBS by the MOH on 28 March 2018 (Decision No. 2018/QD-BYT).  

To identify strengths, issues and gaps in the system operation and to inform measures for future improvement, GDPM in collaboration with four RIs and with support from WHO, US CDC and PATH had conducted an assessment of IBS/EBS surveillance implementation, period 2016 – 2021. WHO is seeking APW holder to provide support to GDPM and RIs to complete this work.

Address for application

Subject: VN005 – Agreement of Performance of Work holder (firm/ institution) for Data analysis and Assessment result report

World Health Organization

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