Projects 33
Baseline survey on Knowledge, attitude and practice of providers and users on health insurance, RH care services and STDs, HIV/AIDS prevention in Cao Bang and Son La
Province: Cao Bang and Son LaClient’s name: German Technical Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit-GTZ)
Execution time: 5/2007 to 8/2007
Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader):
- Vu Dinh Tham, MSc.,
- MD. Dang Van Tung
- MD. Vu Thi Thu
Project description (in brief):
- Do survey in 60 communes of 2 provinces Cao Bang and Son La supported by GTZ from 2007-2009 (30 communes each province).
- Conduct a KAP assessment on health insurance, RH care services and STDs, HIV/AIDS prevention of 215 service providers, 242 managers of Population/RH program, 362 educators, 600 women in reproductive age, 600 men and 600 adolescents aged 15-24.
- Conduct in-depth interview with 77 ones who are leaders of localities, managers of Population/RH program, HIV control program, health insurance program.
Practical work done by the institution’s staff:
- Designing the study and developing the training materials
- Conducting both quantitative and qualitative survey.
- Interviewing the targets, project staffs and shop-assistants
- Processing collected data and writing reports
- Holding workshops to present findings at each province
Projects 34
End-line survey in 11 UNFPA supported provinces of the 6th country program and the baseline survey in 6 UNFPA supported provinces of the 7th country program in Vietnam
Province: 14 provinces (11 provinces of CP 6 and 3 new provinces of CP 7)Client’s name: United Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam
Execution time: 12/2005 to 04/2006
Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader):
- Assoc. Prof. Trinh Huu Vach, Ph.D.,
- Nguyen Nhu Toan, MSc.,
- Khong Thi Hon, Ph.D.
Project description (in brief):
- Conducted in 11 UNFPA-supported provinces of the Sixth Country Program and 7 UNFPA provinces of the Seventh Country Program.
- Assessed the infrastructure, equipment for provision of RH care services in 14 provincial hospitals (11 old provinces and 3 new ones), 14 RH care centers, 56 district hospitals, 420 communal health centers.
- Conducted a KAP assessment on provision of RH care services for women, adolescents of 1400 service providers.
- Conducted a KAP assessment on HIV prevention of 2940 adolescent, 2940 women and 2940 men in the 14 provinces.
- Conducted a KAP assessment on provision of RH care services for women, adolescents of 300 managers of RH care program, 300 managers of Population/RH program, 300 Population/RH educators in the 3 provinces of the 7th country program.
- Collected data were processed, reports were written
Practical work done by the institution’s staff:
- Designing the study and developing training materials
- Conducting the technical training for the project staff
- Conducted a KAP survey of health staff and target groups at community
- Conducted a KAP survey of managers of RH care program, Population/RH program, and Population/RH educators.
- Assessing the infrastructure and evaluate skills of health staff
- Cooperating with localities to interview clients and health staffs
- Processing data and writing reports for each province and the consolidation report of the 14 provinces
- Holding a workshop to present findings in Hanoi, participation of the 14 provinces-
Projects 35
Baseline and endline survey on KAP of health workers in all-side prevention against HIV transmission in provision system of reproductive health care services
Province: Ha Noi, Thai Binh, Thanh Hoa, Binh Duong, Tien GiangClient’s name: United Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam
Execution time: April 2005 to May 2006
Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader):
- Trinh Huu Vach, PhD
- Doan Trong Trung, MSc
- Nguyen Van Thinh, MSc
Project description (in brief):
- The project has been conducted in Obstetrics and gynecologic hospitals at National hospital and 4 provinces.
- Survey on status of prevention against HIV transmission in above hospitals
- Interview KAP of health workers in prevention against HIV transmission
Practical work done by the institution’s staff:
- Designing the study, developing the training materials
- Conducting the technical training for the project staff
- Checking infrastructure, equipment for prevention of HIV transmission of 21 health facilities.
- Conducting a KAP assessment on prevention of HIV transmission of 1600 health staff
- Conducting in-depth interview of managers of health branch, hospitals at all levels.
- Processing collected data and writing reports
Projects 36
Baseline and endline surveys on child health situation and child health care in Nghe An province
Province: Nghe AnClient’s name: Health care project for child in Nghe An (funded by Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Execution time: March 2004 to March 2006
Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader):
- Trinh Huu Vach, PhD
- Khong Thi Hon, Ph.D.,
- Vuong Thi Hoa, Ph.D.,
Project description (in brief):
- The project was conducted in Nghe An hospital of pediatrics, distric-level hospitals of Thanh Chuong, Tuong Duong, Dien Chau and 30 communes in three above districts;
- Survey on actual situation of provision in hospital of pediatrics and three district-level hospitals;
- Conducted a KAP assessment on provision of child health care services of 400 health staff in Nghe An hospital of pediatrics, district hospitals of the 3 districts and 30 communal health centers.
- Conducted a KAP assessment on child health care of 3000 women having children under 5
- Identified the rate, causes of death of children under 15.
Practical work done by the institution’s staff:
- Designing the study
- Developing the training materials
- Assess the infrastructure, equipment of 94 health facilities by using checklist
- Conducting the technical training for the project staff
- Interviewing 400 health staff and 3.000 targets at community
- Checking facilities of health services and skill of medical workers in 3 hospitals
- Identified the rate, causes of death of children in all the 3 districts.
- Processing collected data and writing reports

