1. Vietnam's success story against COVID-19
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Catherine Hermoso, Mashkur Abdulhamid Isa, Chi Nguyen Thi Yen, Louise Elaine De Castro, Kim Aira Cua, Edikan Friday Akpan, Shyam Sundar Budhathoki, Elaine May Laguilles, Tuan Phong Ly, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, Attaullah Ahmadi, Shera Marie Camposano, and Noel Jalmasco
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Economic growth ,medicine.medical_specialty ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Pandemic ,Health Policy ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Outbreak ,COVID-19 ,Good governance ,Vietnam ,Political science ,medicine ,Commentary ,Health system ,Responses ,Low-cost approach ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 ,China - Abstract
Vietnam's close proximity to China where the COVID-19 outbreak started made it one of the countries expected to have widespread transmission of the virus. However, the country opposed this expectation and attained low spread of COVID-19 infection due to its proactive approaches in containing the disease. As of March 11, 2021, Vietnam has a total of 2529 confirmed cases, equivalent to 26 cases per one million population-compared to the global rate of 15,223 cases. The low-cost model approach used by Vietnam in dealing with previous public health issues, tackle the importance of a strategic public health system, good governance, and citizen cooperation in the fight against COVID 19 pandemic. This paper aims to analyze Vietnam's achievement in its early and continued success in combating COVID-19 by taking into account various aspects of its health system and experience on outbreaks that have previously occurred and how these can be applied to current COVID-19 responses.
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- 2021
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