Evaluation of Vietnam’s post-exposure prophylaxis delivery system, 2017

Nguyen, Huong Thi; Le, Nhan D. T.; Pham, Thach Ngoc; Urabe, Maho; Afriyie, Doris Osei; Otsu, Satoko; Tran, Duong Nhu; Tran, Huong G.T.; Nguyen, Hoang V.; Le, Ha Thi Hai; Tran, Cuc H.

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.02.041

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“…This is as low as in Thailand and much lower than those seen in other Asian countries ( 9 ) and lower than the incidence found in the Northern Vietnam ( 10 ). Large-scale implementation of rabies vaccination programs for domestic dogs over an extended period of time and standard, simplified, and widely accessible PEP regimens ( 11 ), in conjunction with greater public awareness about rabies associated with health promotion programs and economic growth, may have contributed to this low incidence of human rabies. However, we found frequent transmission of rabies from domestic dogs to humans in Southern Vietnam in recent years.…”

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An Evaluation of the Rabies Surveillance in Southern Vietnam

Pham

Phan

Nguyen

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Front. Public Health

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Introduction: Rabies is endemic in Vietnam and has been a statutory notifiable infectious disease since 1998. We, herein, assessed the performance of rabies surveillance in Southern Vietnam and identified areas for improvement.Materials and Methods: We analyzed data on human rabies cases reported during 1991–2018. We adapted guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to evaluate attributes of surveillance. Between June and November 2018, we interviewed a total of 145 staff from hospitals, preventive medicine centers, and animal health offices at provincial and district levels in five southern provinces.Results: Between 2009 and 2018, an average of nine cases of human rabies (range: 4–20 cases) was reported annually in Southern Vietnam, representing an incidence of 2.7 cases per 10 million population. The highest incidence was observed in 2018 (5.5 cases per 10 million population). Survey data suggested that only 24% (13/53) of participants agreed that the monthly report template was easy to complete and that 42% (23/55) indicated that the change from the paper-based to the electronic case notification systems was easy. Only 7% (2/29) of human rabies cases were reported timely, and 65% (13/20) successfully collected specimens. Approximately 39% (56/144) of staff were aware of turning surveillance data into prevention activities, and 21% (31/145) witnessed data used for strategic program decision making.Conclusions: Although rabies surveillance was quite simple, flexible, and accepted in southern Vietnam, simplifying the report forms, training staff, and improving the timeliness of reporting and data usage are highly recommended for a better implementation of rabies surveillance.

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An Evaluation of the Rabies Surveillance in Southern Vietnam

Pham

Phan

Nguyen

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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“…Especially noteworthy is the web-based voluntary, hospital-based reporting platform in Thailand, called R36, which collects information for all suspect rabies exposures and monitors adherence to PEP recommendations. Sri Lanka and Bhutan also report adverse events following immunization (Nguyen et al, 2019;Li et al, 2019;Sreenivasan et al, 2019;Yurachai et al, 2020).…”

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One Health for Dog-mediated Rabies Elimination in Asia

2023

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