Program Updates

USAID Supports Provincial Pandemic Preparedness Planning

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HANOI, October 31, 2012 -- Vietnam's first-ever provincial pandemic preparedness plan (PPP) that applies a comprehensive, whole-of-society approach, supported by USAID, was showcased today in Hanoi at a workshop to share experience and lessons learned among local and international industry stakeholders with a view to rolling out this model to other provinces.

Vietnam Women's Day: Celebrating the Role of Women in Development

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Women animal health workers receive training on USAID project.

On October 20, Vietnam marks national Women's Day. We join in this commemoration to highlight the crucial role women play in advancing development across the country. With expanded opportunity, they can increase agricultural production, improve health conditions in families, adapt better to natural disasters and droughts, and serve as leaders at local, provincial and national levels. We salute the women of Vietnam for your many achievements. We stand by you - USAID understands that the exclusion of women and girls from economic, political and social life is the greatest barrier to advancement, and is incorporating this lesson into our work by targeting gender equality and female empowerment.

Read inspiring stories of women in Vietnam and more about USAID's policies to support women in development and Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment:

100% Condom Use Program Launched in Lao Cai

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Representatives sign a letter of commitment to the campaign

LAO CAI, September 27, 2012 -- With the approval from Lao Cai People's Committee, the provincial Department of Health and HIV/AIDS Control Center have announced the official launch of the 100% Condom Use Program in Lao Cai city and in Sa Pa district with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Improved, Hygienic Poultry Markets Boost Food Safety and Profits

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Deputy Director of Quang Tri's DARD at the technical dissemination workshop.

DONG HA, September 26, 2012 -- Recent U.S.-supported market and slaughterhouse engineering improvements in Dong Ha city have provided an affordable, effective model for practical improvements that are easily replicated in other provinces. Provincial representatives from Vietnam's central region are meeting today in Dong Ha to review the model and discuss how these techniques can be applied more widely as part of a new coordinated regional approach to disease control and food safety.

USAID-supported Legal Aid Services Reach 14,000 People Living with or Affected by HIV/AIDS

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Provincial representatives discuss achievements of the legal aid clinics.

HANOI, September 25, 2012 -- More than 14,000 people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in Vietnam have benefited from legal aid services provided from 2009 to 2012 under a USAID project to help reduce HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination experienced by adults and children through quality legal assistance.

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