ASEAN Vaccine Talk: Towards Vaccine Security & Self-Reliance for All 3 November 2021 With the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic threatening human health and social security across the region, there is a need for ASEAN as a regional body...
Technical assistance on COVID-19 Vaccine Access: Policy, Planning and Implementation 27 September 2021 In collaboration with the Australian National Center for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) and the Murdoch Children’s Research...
Trainings for health workers in the South to prepare for the COVID-19 outbreak of Delta variant 13 September 2021 In September 2021, the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in collaboration with Vietnam Respiratory Society and the HCMC Political...
Webinar with Fulbright scholars on Expanding access to COVID-19 vaccine and responsibilities of the government 27 June 2021 Four criteria for vaccine selection Dr. Nguyen Thu Anh, Country Director of Woolcock Medical Research Institute in Vietnam...
As a response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Vietnam enforced strict quarantine, contact tracing and physical distancing policies resulting in one of the lowest numbers of individuals infected with severe acute respiratory...
Stigma and mass media: COVID-19 related experience 28 Feburary 2021 Vietnam has so far successfully managed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Re-opening the economy would require extensive collective public and government action, while balancing...
The global drive to vaccinate against severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) began in December 2020 with countries in Europe, Middle East, and North America leading the roll out of a mass-vaccination program. We conducted a...
Presentation and exchanging ideas at the 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health V-RESIST Study offered scholarships for researchers from the Hanoi Medical University Hospital, the National Lung Hospital, Quang Nam Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, and...
Generating scientific evidence on effective public health measures to control COVID-19 outbreaks 1st May 2020 The virus SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted from person to person, mainly via respiratory droplets or touching of the nose, mouth and eyes after...
The team at Woolcock Vietnam co-organized a community event to celebrate the launch of the VRESIST community study in Thach That district, Hanoi. The launch was part of the World Antibiotic Awareness Week on 23rd November 2019. The event was hosted...
Deploying a comprehensive intervention package to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics at district hospitals 11 March 2022 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health crisis with many available antibiotics are no longer effective for...
