Tag: UNC Project-Vietnam

At UNC Project-Vietnam, Kim Ngan Nguyen, MSc, says her days are genuinely rewarding as she manages implementation studies for IGHID investigators. She describes this as taking proven concepts off the page and turning them into well-run interventions that lead to better health outcomes.  What is your role with UNC Project-Vietnam?...

Mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and stress-related illnesses are ubiquitous, but their prevalence is notably high in Vietnam among people with HIV (PWH) who inject drugs. Studies indicate depression rates can range from 25% to 44%, amplifying HIV transmission and increasing negative outcomes. In response to a high...

Hanoi Medical University named Dr. Vivian Go and Dr. William (Bill) Miller honorary professors on June 20. The award ceremony recognized their outstanding contributions in the fields of training, scientific research and development of international cooperation with Vietnam over the past decade. Go is a professor in health behavior at...

(Following is a look back at the 3rd Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium. Links to recordings are provided throughout.)   Myron Cohen, MD, director of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases welcomed faculty, students and fellows to the 3rd Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium Friday, Feb. 14, recognizing...

Tran Viet Ha, MD, MSc, is the in-country director of UNC Vietnam and an assistant professor in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. She’s also coordinator for the Institute’s Clinical Research Site (CRS) in Hanoi. The CRS started as a site for HIV prevention studies but has more recently...

“We indeed made history,” said Tran Viet Ha, MD, MSc. “UNC Vietnam is one of 30 foreign organizations among nearly 500 foreign organizations in Vietnam honored to be awarded certificates of merit by the president of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations, recognizing our significant contributions to the economic development,...

  The National Institutes of Health has awarded University of North Carolina’s Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases nearly $25 million over seven years to continue operating its Global HIV Clinical Trials Unit, or CTU. The new funding will support HIV treatment and prevention in adults, children and pregnant...