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Volume 24, Number 9—September 2018
Synopsis

Event-Based Surveillance at Community and Healthcare Facilities, Vietnam, 2016–2017

Alexey Clara1, Trang T. Do1, Anh T.P. Dao, Phu D. Tran, Tan Q. Dang, Quang D. Tran, Nghia D. Ngu, Tu H. Ngo, Hung C. Phan, Thuy T.P. Nguyen, Anh T. Lai, Dung T. Nguyen, My K. Nguyen, Hieu T.M. Nguyen, Steven Becknell, Christina Bernadotte, Huyen T. Nguyen, Quoc C. Nguyen, Anthony W. Mounts, and S. Arunmozhi BalajeeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A. Clara, T.T. Do, A.T.P. Dao, S. Becknell, A.W. Mounts, S.A. Balajee); General Department of Preventive Medicine, Hanoi, Vietnam (P.D. Tran, T.Q. Dang, Q.D. Tran); National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi (N.D. Ngu, T.H. Ngo); Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (H.C. Phan, T.T.P. Nguyen); Preventive Medicine Center, Nam Dinh, Vietnam (A.T. Lai); Preventive Medicine Center, Quang Ninh, Vietnam (D.T. Nguyen); Preventive Medicine Center, An Giang, Vietnam (M.K. Nguyen); Preventive Medicine Center, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam (H.T.M. Nguyen); Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Seattle, Washington, USA (C. Bernadotte, H.T. Nguyen, Q.C. Nguyen)

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Table 1

General characteristics of selected provinces in the pilot of event-based surveillance, Vietnam, September 2016–May 2017

Demographic and administrative profile
 Province
North
South
Quang Ninh
 Nam Dinh
 Ba-Ria Vung Tau
 An Giang
Demographics
Population 1,211,300 1,850,600 1,072,600 2,158,300
Population density, persons/km2 198 1119 539 610
Urban population rate, % 62.5 18 50.1 31.1
No. households
 316,732
 555,605
256,336
 524,759
Administrative division no.
Cities under provinces 4 1 2 2
District-level towns 2 0 0 1
Rural districts 8 9 6 8
Wards 67 20 24 21
Commune-level towns (townlets) 8 15 7 16
Commune Health Station 111 194 51 119

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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