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Filabavi DSS,
Vietnam
FilaBavi is in Bavi District of Ha Tay Province in northern Viet Nam.
The site is 60 km west of Hanoi. The
Filabavi DSS was initiated in 1999.
The whole population of Bavi District is approximately
240 000, and the initial population under surveillance was 51 024 (11
089 households), about 21% of the district’s population. Bavi District
has 32 commune health stations (CHSs), one in each commune. Twenty-one
of these CHSs are under the direct supervision of the Bavi District
Health Centre, and three intercommunal polyclinics supervise and support
the 11 others.
Objectives
The overall
objective of the FilaBavi DSS is to develop an epidemiological
surveillance system in Bavi to:
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Generate
basic health data;
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Supply
information for health planning;
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Serve as a
background and sampling frame for specific studies, especially
intervention studies; and
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Constitute
a setting for epidemiological training of research students.
Specific
objectives
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To develop
an epidemiological surveillance system in a representative sample of
the population in Bavi;
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To generate
basic health data (for example, on fertility and mortality) for health
planning;
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To provide
household and individual background data, a sampling frame, and a
professional field organization for specific studies to economize on
resources and increase cost-effectiveness in research and research
training;
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To provide
a setting for epidemiological training for Vietnamese and Swedish
research students; and
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To
serve as an appropriate setting for intervention studies (based on
findings generated by the field laboratory) and health-priority
discussions with the population and relevant authorities.
Primary areas of research
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