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FHI/Vietnam and FHI/Nepal Collaborate on Data Quality Audit
FHI-supported Clinics Participate in Pilot Methadone Program
Family-centered HIV Care Is Making a Difference in Vietnam
FHI/Vietnam Programs Use Multiple Strategies To prevent the spread of HIV, FHI uses three main strategies in its prevention and care work in Vietnam:
Through these efforts, FHI supports Vietnam in preventing the spread of HIV among those at highest risk.
The HIV Epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City: Combining Epidemiology & Economic Analysis
Perspectives on Behavior Change for HIV Prevention
Featured Partner: USAID Through our partners, such as USAID, FHI supports Vietnam and its organizations in preventing the spread of HIV and improving HIV/AIDS care and support among those at highest risk.
FHI's office in Vietnam is here to help. If you want to learn more about the office, visit the Contact Web page.
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FHI and partners work to reduce stigma and integrate prevention, care and treatment in Vietnam. View efforts underway in the words of Country Director Steve Mills. (June 2006)
JULY 2008 — When program planners and funders need data from an FHI country program, they reap what has been sown. Rather than GI/GO (garbage in, garbage out), FHI prefers the QI/QO (quality in, quality out) model. That's why FHI invests much effort into ensuring the data it gathers is valid, reliable, accurate, precise, and timely. Recent collaboration between FHI/Nepal and FHI/Vietnam on a data quality audit shows that such "south-to-south" exchanges can lead to very lively, collaborative, and fruitful exchanges. 
MAY 2008 — Methadone was administered to the first clients of an FHI-supported government clinic in Hai Phong this month. Methadone is a substitution drug given to injection drug users to help them overcome their dependence on opioid drugs, such as heroin. By keeping people from injecting heroin, methadone helps reduce the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C and reduces criminal activity. 
MAY 2008 — Family-centered care provides comprehensive care in the same facility for parents, caregivers, and children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. It includes treatment, management of opportunistic infections, palliative care, nutrition support, and protection and prevention programs. FHI/Vietnam is working with Vietnam's Ministry of Health to adapt this approach on a national scale. 
AUGUST 2008 — Through the Analysis and Advocacy (A2) Project, FHI/Vietnam and the Health Policy Initiative have assessed the current epidemic and in this report suggest new strategies for controlling the further spread of HIV in Ho Chi Minh City and beyond.
AUGUST 2008 —These publications present a series of dialogs with high-risk populations that provide a context for understanding continued risk behaviors and limited exposure to prevention interventions. Health educators and VCT staff interviewed female sex workers, injecting drug users, and men who have sex with men to determine their risk perceptions, barriers to access, and recommendations for improved access to health services and voluntary counseling and testing.
