V-RESIST

Combating the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant infectious diseases in Vietnam: the V-RESIST study

STUDY SITES: Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, An Giang and Ca Mau

TIMELINE: Q4/2018 – Q4/2022

PROJECT IMPLEMENTER: National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology   

FUNDED BY: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

CORE STAKEHOLDERS:

1. Vietnam Administrative Medical Service – Ministry of Health

2. Health Strategy and Health Policy Institute

3. National Lung Hospital

4. Hanoi University of Pharmacy

5. University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City

6. Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City

AUSTRALIAN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Professor Greg Fox, The University of Sydney and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

VIETNAMESE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Professor Dang Duc Anh, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The overall aim of this project is to develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a complex health system intervention to reduce the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Vietnam.

Publications

• What are the most effective community-based antimicrobial stewardship interventions in low- and middle-income countries? A narrative review, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  

• Drivers of antibiotic use in Vietnam: implications for designing community interventions, BMJ Global Health
  

• Standardised patient study to assess tuberculosis case detection within the private pharmacy sector in Vietnam, BMJ Glob Health
  

• Ethical Health Security in the Age of Antimicrobial Resistance. BMJ Open (Accepted 16/12/2021)