USAID launches new project to help Vietnam end HIV/AIDS, TB by 2030 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on December 15 launched the Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) project in Vietnam.
The project aims to strengthen the Vietnamese Government’s capacity to sustainably manage HIV and tuberculosis (TB) programmes towards achieving the country’s commitment to end HIV and TB by 2030.
USAID/Vietnam Mission Director Ann Marie Yastishock, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen and representatives of the Health Ministry’s agencies, and other leaders from Vietnam Social Security and the Ministry of Finance attended the event.
Through the LHSS Vietnam project, USAID will continue to work with the Vietnamese Government, focusing on four main objectives - strengthening public financial management systems for the health sector and finding greater efficiencies in social health insurance; increasing and improving the efficiency o