The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) office was established in Vietnam in 1998. Since 2003, CDC has been a principal agency implementing HIV programs under the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Vietnam. CDC also supports Vietnam’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Program (NTP) with increasing direct technical assistance. With Vietnam’s entry into middle-income status, the country has embraced financial and program responsibility for HIV and TB treatment and prevention services for its citizens. With the Ministry of Health, CDC Vietnam supports the transition of HIV services to domestic financing and program responsibility. This transition prioritizes continuity and quality of patient services while accelerating toward sustainable HIV epidemic control through concentrated efforts among men who have sex with men (MSM) and people who inject drugs in two priority regions - the Northern Economic Zone and Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area.

CDC has been providing technical support to Vietnam’s NTP since 1997 to strengthen efforts to find, cure, and prevent TB, HIV-associated TB, and multidrug-resistant TB in adults and children. These efforts include strengthening capacity to operationalize new and existing TB control tools, building the evidence base for improved TB control and prevention, and using evidence to guide data-driven decision-making.

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