"Having vaccines is good but not enough": Requirements for optimal COVID-19 immunization program in Vietnam

Linh Phuong Doan; Nam Gia Dao; Duy Cao Nguyen; Trang Huyen Thi Dang; Giang Thu Vu; Long Hoang Nguyen; Linh Gia Vu; Huong Thi Le; Carl A Latkin; Cyrus S H Ho; Roger C M Ho

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1137401

"Having vaccines is good but not enough": Requirements for optimal COVID-19 immunization program in Vietnam

Front Public Health. 2023 Mar 9:11:1137401. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1137401. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Linh Phuong Doan^{1

2}, Nam Gia Dao^{1

2}, Duy Cao Nguyen^{1

2}, Trang Huyen Thi Dang³, Giang Thu Vu⁴, Long Hoang Nguyen⁵, Linh Gia Vu^{1

2}, Huong Thi Le⁶, Carl A Latkin⁷, Cyrus S H Ho⁸, Roger C M Ho^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Global Health Innovations, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam.
² Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam.
³ Institute of Health Economics and Technology (iHEAT), Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁴ National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁵ Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁷ Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁸ Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
⁹ Institute for Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Vietnam; allocation; delivery; vaccine.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Humans
Immunization Programs
Vaccination
Vaccines*
Vietnam / epidemiology

Substances

Vaccines

Grants and funding

This research is supported by Gia Lam Urban Development and Investment Company Limited, Vingroup and supported by Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VINIF) (Grant No. VINIF.2020.COVID-19.DA03). The article process charge of this paper is supported by NUS Department of Psychological Medicine (R-177-000-100-001/R-177-000-003-001/ R177000702733) and NUS iHeathtech Other Operating Expenses (R-722-000-004-731).