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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 5

Acceptability and sustainability of survey results, EBS pilot project, Vietnam, June–July 2017*

Indicator VHW, %, n = 1,633 CHS, %, n = 428 DHC, %, n = 39
Agree that EBS is very important in the detection of public health events 87.2 87.6 82.1
Agree that EBS helps detect public health events earlier than before 87.1 88 84.7
Willing to continue taking part in EBS 85.2 84.1 77
Agree that EBS should be continued 85.4 82.2 79.5

*The 5 provincial-level staff who received the survey responded. All agreed that EBS is important and should be continued. CHS, commune health station, community level; DHC, district health center, district level; EBS, event-based surveillance; VHW, village health workers.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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