Governments around the world have responded to protect the health of people as well as community groups around the globe. , including: travel restrictions, quarantine blocks, state of emergency declaration, use of curfews, implementation of social distancing, cancellation of mass events, closure of schools and facilities services and businesses are of little importance, encouraging people to raise their own awareness of disease prevention, wear masks, limit going out when not necessary, and at the same time transform the model of business, study and work activities. from traditional to online.
Nắm bắt được tình hình khẩn cấp của đại dịch COVID-19 nói riêng và các bệnh truyền nhiễm nói chung, Văn phòng Điều phối VOHUN với sự hỗ trợ của nhóm chuyên gia từ Đại học Davis, California và USAID toàn cầu đã tổ chức “Hội thảo tập huấn về Truyền thông nguy cơ khẩn cấp cho Cán bộ y tế và Thú y các tỉnh phía Bắc, Việt Nam” diễn ra trong 03 ngày từ 28 – 30 tháng 12 năm 2020 tại Hà Nội. Tham gia hội thảo là sự có mặt của 60 đại biểu đến từ Chi cục Chăn nuôi và Thú y, Trung tâm kiểm soát bệnh tật, Trung tâm truyền thông giáo dục sức khỏe các tỉnh miền Bắc: Hà Nội, Bắc Giang, Bắc Kan, Hưng Yên, Hải Dương, Nam Định, Hà Giang, Tuyên Quang, Thái Nguyên và Hòa Bình.
Understanding the urgent situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in particular and infectious diseases in general, the VOHUN Coordination Office with the support of a team of experts from the University of Davis, California and USAID worldwide organized “Workshop on Training on Emergency Risk Communication for Health and Veterinary Officers of Northern Provinces, Vietnam” took place in 03 days from December 28 to 30, 2020 in Hanoi. Participating in the workshop were 60 delegates from the Sub-Department of Livestock Production and Veterinary Medicine, Center for Disease Control, Center for Health Education and Communication in Northern provinces: Hanoi, Bac Giang, Bac Kan. , Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen and Hoa Binh.
At the workshop, with the guidance of lecturers from Hanoi Medical University (HMU) and Vietnam National Academy of Agriculture (VNUA), the medical and veterinary staff had the opportunity to update the status of the animals. developments of the COVID-19 pandemic globally and in Vietnam. Based on practical knowledge and applying the planning steps using the OH-SMART toolkit introduced at the workshop, the participants made a risk communication plan for the hypothetical situations given at the workshop. Training courses.
At the end of the training course, the trainers and the project team received many positive feedbacks from the trainees about the usefulness of the training course. Hopefully, in the near future, with the knowledge gained from the training course, local health and veterinary staff will be able to apply it to their risk communication and epidemic prevention work.
Some pictures from the conference: