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Prevention and control of animal diseases worldwide
Part I: Economic analysis: prevention versus outbreak costs
30% of districts and 70% of villages, suggesting a serious lack of capacity. State extension services have
not traditionally focused on poultry production because for most producers, it is an activity involving little
outlay of capital or time. Also, there is a major constraint in the transmission of information between the
provinces and the central government, as the People’s Committee has to endorse any outbreak and
contribute to the compensation payment; consequently, poor province tend to under-report 111 .
There is little evidence in the current literature on the evolution of Vietnam’s animal health sector over
time. The particular questions of interest would be: a) whether the resources committed to the animal
health sector’s restructuring since the AI outbreaks (as discussed in section 5.2.2) have paid off in
improvements and b) whether the VS and the systems in place are currently prepared to prevent and/or
control future outbreaks (not only of HPAI but also of other diseases).
Vietnam’s VS were recently subject to an independent audit following the OIE PVS evaluation
methodology. Although detailed results to date remain confidential, the general conclusion is that the
country’s VS can be considered to be in transition. This means that there has been a notable improvement
in the last 3 years towards a generally good structure, particularly at national and regional levels, which
would suggest that the effort undertaken so far is paying off. The structures that have now emerged can be
used as a basis for further improvements. Some of the priority areas where further investment is needed
include the establishment of strategic and operational plans for the VS (in particular to reinforce
communication between regions and the centre, and restore the chain of command), building a national
database for central data collection at national level (as part of the national animal health information
system), maintenance and training of laboratory diagnostic capacity (including standard operating
procedures for sampling and collection), improving quarantine and movement controls (equipment and
training), reinforcing the food inspection system, and increasing/improving staff resources (inter alia
through training and better pay) 112 .
5.2.2. Cost of prevention and control systems
Vietnam’s efforts to control HPAI were supported and co-ordinated from the outset by a platform of donor
assistance which complemented multilateral assistance provided mainly by the World Bank and the EC, as
well as direct bilateral financing and technical assistance. Up to December 2005, Vietnam had received
some US$ 45.9 million in donor support to control HPAI (Table 11).
Table 11 Vietnam: donor support to HPAI control, 2003-05 (a)
US$ million
Grants from country donors 17.8
Grants from international organisations 2.4
111 WB (2006): Vietnam Action Plan for Food Safety and Agricultural Health.
112 The key priorities identified during the Vietnam PVS mission also reflect the concerns of the government. These
priorities have been embedded in a road map which has just been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
development (MARD, April 2007): Strengthening the national management framework in veterinary services, 2007
to 2010.
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