On September 11, the US and Vietnam signed a five-year Health Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding under the Trump Administration’s America First Global Health Strategy.
Through this MOU, the US plans provide 98.75 million USD in global health assistance over the next five years, including 21.4 million in Global Health Security funding to support Vietnam’s transition to full country ownership of its HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis programs, while strengthening its capacity to detect and respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious disease threats.
This five-year partnership will ensure that the gains achieved through more than two decades of US support are sustained by Vietnam’s own health institutions, according the statement.
As Vietnam charts a new path for its health care system, this partnership is expected to deliver measurable results over the next five years. HIV and TB programs will transition to full Vietnamese ownership within that period and Vietnam will move closer to its HIV epidemic-control targets through expanded prevention, detection, and treatment, said the US State Department.
