The first Vietnamese case of COVID-19 acquired from China
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We analyzed 2 clusters of 12 patients in Vietnam with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection during January-February 2020. Analysis indicated virus transmission from a traveler from China. One asymptomatic patient demonstrated virus shedding, indicating potential virus transmission in the absence of clinical signs and symptoms.
Viet Nam’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has realized the importance of migrant health and is committed to implementing Resolution 70.15 “Promoting the health of refugees and migrants” endorsed by WHA in May 2017. However, this determination to better safeguard migrants is impeded by a dearth of data on Vietnamese internal and cross-border migrants’ health and access to health-care, with limited information on stakeholders’ roles in responding to migration-related health challenges domestically and in destination countries.
While much work has focused on advocacy and prevention efforts in countries of high prevalence in Africa and diaspora in Europe, there has been a paucity of discussion on FGM in the Asia‐Pacific region. FGM is practised in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, the Philippines and Indonesia; however, none of these countries are supported by the UNFPA‐UNICEF Joint Programme on the Abandonment of FGM. Australia and New Zealand are also home to migrant women and girls with FGM.
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Background: Trafficking is a crime of global proportions involving extreme forms of exploitation and abuse. Yet little research has been done of the health risks and morbidity patterns for men, women, and children trafficked for various forms of forced labour.
Objective: Use of tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) and interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) as part of tuberculosis (TB) screening among immigrants from high TB-burden countries has not been fully evaluated.
The objective of the project is to promote migrants access to healthcare services and advance the recommendations of the WHA 70.15 on Promoting the health of migrants in line with regional and global commitments. The proposed project will support the MOH to assess the current situation of migration, healthcare access for migrants including their challenges and other health dimensions of migrants in Viet Nam.
The project falls under a Joint Programme between the United Nations and the Government of Vietnam toward implementation of the National Target Programme on New Rural Development (NTP-NRD), or ‘Tam Nong’. IOM will conduct a policy-focused study on rural-urban labour migration with a component that focuses on migrant health. The ‘New Rural Areas’ established by Programme aim to provide higher quality of life and increased employment opportunities, and therefore, presumably fewer incentives to migrate.
The project intends to strengthen the government's efforts to prevent trafficking and support the return and reintegration of trafficked women in various trafficking environments. This will be done through activities to increase prevention of various forms trafficking and to develop and implement an effective return and reintegration model for victims of trafficking. Project purposes are: 1. To develop an effective, confidential and non-judgmental return and reintegration mechanism for trafficked persons. 2.