V-COVID

Understanding community transmission of COVID-19 in Vietnam

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AUSTRALIAN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Professor Greg Fox, The University of Sydney and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

V-COVID 1: Serological evaluation of the community spread of SARS-CoV-2

STUDY SITES: Hanoi, Da Nang, Quang Nam

TIMELINE: 2020-2021

PROJECT IMPLEMENTER: National Hospital of Tropical Diseases

FUNDED BY: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

CORE STAKEHOLDERS: National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Provincial Department of Health and Provincial CDC, Provincial Lung Hospitals.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: To ascertain unbiased estimates of the key parameters informing predictive models for COVID-19 and, hence, (1) to enable evidence-based policy decisions on testing, isolation, quarantine and social distancing interventions, (2) to predict the subsequent course of the epidemic, and (3) to understand the extent of transmission within high-risk populations.

V-COVID 2: Strategies for health system preparedness to scale up vaccines for COVID-19 in Vietnam

STUDY SITES: Nationwide

TIMELINE: 2020-2021

PROJECT IMPLEMENTER: Hanoi University of Public Health

FUNDED BY: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

CORE STAKEHOLDERS: Hanoi University of Public Health, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To develop a framework of analysis and a model of scenarios that acknowledges some of the key challenges and decision points related to vaccine development and rollout. 

V-COVID 3: Characterising the attitudes towards COVID-19 in the community

STUDY SITES: Hanoi, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Ho Chi Minh City

TIMELINE: 2020-2021

PROJECT IMPLEMENTER: National Hospital of Tropical Diseases

FUNDED BY: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

CORE STAKEHOLDERS: National Hospital of Tropical Diseases

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  • To explore the current and future role of the pharmacy sector at a community level in responding to COVID-19 in Vietnam.

  • To explore community experiences and engagement with the public health response and communication around COVID-19 (including experiences of stigma).

V-COVID 4: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care of tuberculosis patients in Vietnam

STUDY SITES: Nationwide

TIMELINE: 2020-2022

PROJECT IMPLEMENTER: National Lung Hospital

FUNDED BY: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

CORE STAKEHOLDERS: National Lung Hospital

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To quantify the effect the COVID-19 outbreak may have had in the provision and outcomes of TB care in Vietnam, and to provide recommendations on strategies to mitigate and support patients who are being treated for TB during this pandemic and in the future.

V-COVID 5: Understand the effect of COVID-19 upon drug-resistant tuberculosis

STUDY SITES: Hanoi, Nam Dinh, Thanh Hoa, Khanh Hoa, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Ho Chi Minh City, Tien Giang, An Giang, Can Tho

TIMELINE: 2020-2022

PROJECT IMPLEMENTER: National Lung Hospital

FUNDED BY: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

CORE STAKEHOLDERS: National Lung Hospital

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of COVID-19 upon reactivation of drug-resistant latent tuberculosis infection.

V-COVID 6: Radiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in Vietnam

STUDY SITES: Hanoi

TIMELINE: 2020

PROJECT IMPLEMENTER: National Hospital of Tropical Diseases

FUNDED BY: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

CORE STAKEHOLDERS: National Hospital of Tropical Diseases

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To characterise chest x-ray abnormalities among hospitalised patients with confirmed SARS-CoV2 infection and compare their clinical and laboratory characteristics.

V-COVID 7: Symptom screening for COVID-19 suspect cases in community pharmacies

STUDY SITES: Hanoi

TIMELINE: 2020-2021

PROJECT IMPLEMENTER: Department of Health

FUNDED BY: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

CORE STAKEHOLDERS: Department of Health

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To develop a guideline and communication materials to screen for symptoms of COVID-19 infection in customers visiting pharmacies, and to provide a safe and ongoing service to both pharmacy staff and customers.

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