Delegates cut the ribbon to launch an Emergency
Operations Centre (EOC) at The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
today in Hà Nội.— VNA/VNS Photo
The
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) launched an Emergency
Operations Centre (EOC) at a ceremony today in Hà Nội.
The
ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long, Director
of NIHE Đặng Đức Anh, Acting Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Human and
Health Services Mary Wakefield, US Ambassador to Việt Nam Ted Osius and
representatives of NGOs.
The
EOC-NIHE is a cooperation project between Centres for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and NIHE, under technical and financial support from the US
government for Việt Nam to enhance detection and response capacities
corresponding to global health threats.
This
support is under the scope of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)
following CDC’s initiative since June 2014, and has until now reached 50
nations worldwide. The programme includes 11 discreet GHSA Action Packages
toward three goals -- Prevention, Detection and Response.
The
establishment of EOC-NIHE is the second major milestone in the roadmap of
establishing an EOC network in Việt Nam, which aims to collect epidemic data
from various sources, analyse the data and set up corresponding plans in case
of an epidemic emergency situation.
EOC-NIHE
is responsible for collecting epidemic data from 28 northern provinces of Việt
Nam to build a national epidemic data source and provide warnings in case of
abnormal occurrence of diseases. EOC-NIHE also connects with international EOCs
worldwide, such as CDC Atlanta, WHO Western Pacific Region.
Along
with facilities and technical support from CDC and other international
organisations, EOC-NIHE will enhance NIHE’s capacity in data management, with
the most updated and timely data, which will serve as the foundation for Việt
Nam to respond to public health events in an appropriate manner.
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