Projects 13
Baseline survey for the Project for Strengthening Medical Service in Northwest Provinces
Province: Hoa Binh, Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Lao Cai and Yen Bai
Client’s name: JICA Vietnam
Execution time: 09/2013 to 11/2013
Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader):
- Assoc.prof. Le Khac Duc
- PhD. Doan Trong Trung
- MSc. Thai Thi Thu Ha
- MSc. Nguyen Thi Loan
Project description (in brief):
The objectives of the baseline survey are to evaluate the current situation and specify actual needs for DOHA and referral activities of medical sector in 9 targeted provinces. To propose Objectively Verifiable Indicators in Project Design Matrix (PDM) for reviewing the Project activities.
Practical work done by the institution’s staff:
- Designing the study, including developing the survey tools.
- Interviewing the target groups in provinces.
- Processing data and write report
Projects 14
The study described the situation on the knowledge, attitude and practice on seeking and utilization of medical examination and treatment and health insurance services of the poor and ethnic minorities in Cao Bang and Bac Kan; explored the situation on IEC activities to enhance the behavior of health protection for the poor and ethnic minorities in the project sites; found out the reasons and determined the influencing factors of seeling and utilization of the medical examination and treatment services of the poor and ethnic minorities in the project sites.
Projects 15
Detailed Narrative Description of the Project: To support the Government of Viet Nam in implementation of its HIV/AIDS prevention strategies, the World Bank funded for Viet Nam an HIV/AIDS Prevention Project with the direction of the Ministry of Health for the Phase 1 from 2005-2010 in the 20 provinces/cities. The overall goal of the project is to reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS and to ensure that HIV prevalence remains below 0.3% among the general population by 2010; and to reduce the adverse impacts of HIV/AIDS on socio-economic development-this is a key objective of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy of Viet Nam.
Projects 16
In order to have a basis for determining the status of and needs for should be met to improve the quality of preventive health services in the project provinces in generally as well as to increase the early detection and timely treatment of cervical cancer in particularly. A baseline survey is necessary to find out the baseline evaluation indicators for monitoring and evaluation of the project achievements after the interventions in the all of five project provinces.
Projects 17
The project was conducted in Thai Binh.
The endline survey was conducted in 4 provinces/cities: Quang Ninh, Nghe An, Thua Thien Hue and Can Tho.
The study aimed to assess the change in the knowledge, attitude and utilization of reproductive health care services of the adolescents in 4 project cities; assess the change in the knowledge, attitude and utilization of reproductive health care services of the people especially the ethnic minorities in remote mountainous communes; assess the change in the knowledge, attitude of the local people on gender equality in the project sites; assess the change in the capacity of central and provincial VINAFPA in management, monitoring and evaluation of the reproductive health care services; determine the pilot models, learnt lessons; and propose recommendations to maintain the project achievements.
Projects 18
The project was conducted in Can Tho.
The study is implemented to assess the existing system of management, monitoring and evaluation system, assess the situation of IEC activities on MCH in project sites, assess the availability of any handbook and medical record in project sites, describe the situation of essential medical equipment for anenatal care and child health care at commune health centers, assess the knowledge, attitude and practice on MCH of service providers at provincial, district and communal levels, explore the knowledge, attitude, and behaviors of mothers and fathers having children under 3, pregnant women in last trimester, and family members/care givers on the care during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum period, and child care from birth to 3 years old.

