Context: The use of biogas systems to treat livestock waste is a common practice in Vietnam. However, farmers' knowledge and practices of the safe and appropriate use of household biogas units (HBUs) are still limited and could negatively impact human, animal, and environmental health.
Objective...
Luu Quoc Toan
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Mai Huong Nguyen
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Giang Pham
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Tung Dinh-Xuan
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MacDonald, L.E.
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Phuc Pham Duc
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[Community participatory interventions to improve farmer knowledge and practices of household biogas unit operation in Ha Nam Province, Vietnam]
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Community participatory interventions to improve farmer knowledge and practices of household biogas unit operation in Ha Nam Province, Vietnam
In Vietnam, pigs and poultry are predominantly produced by small-scale farmers, creating challenges for zoonotic disease management. The objective of this study was to characterize practices related to livestock and manure management and to measure association with 3 self-reported health symptoms...
Dang Xuan Sinh
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MacDonald, L.E.
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Schurer, J.M.
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Phuc Pham Duc
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[Household exposure to livestock and health in the CHILILAB HDSS Cohort, Vietnam]
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Household exposure to livestock and health in the CHILILAB HDSS Cohort, Vietnam
Objectives
The aim of this paper was to assess the diarrhea risks caused by various pathogens among those exposed to biogas wastewater through different activities.
Methods
Application of quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) of biogas wastewater was conducted in Hanam Province, Vietna...
Urban livestock provides an important source of food and income, but it may increase the risks for disease transmission. Vectors, such as mosquitoes, might increase and thereby cause an enhanced transmission of infectious diseases, such as dengue fever; considered the most important mosquito-born...
Jakobsen, F.
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Thang Nguyen-Tien
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Long Pham-Thanh
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Vuong Nghia Bui
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Son Tran-Hai
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Lundkvist, A.
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Anh Bui-Ngoc
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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[Urban livestock-keeping and dengue in urban and peri-urban Hanoi, Vietnam]
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Urban livestock-keeping and dengue in urban and peri-urban Hanoi, Vietnam
Most emerging diseases of humans originate in animals, and zoonotic emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) threaten human, animal, and environment health. We report on a scoping study to assess actors, linkages, priorities, and needs related to management of these diseases from the perspective of ke...
Grace, Delia
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Gilbert, J.
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Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Unger, Fred
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Schelling, E.
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[Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth]
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Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth
This paper evaluated the implementation of an initiative for promoting risk-based approaches to improve food safety management in Vietnam. A Taskforce of Risk Assessment for Food Safety (Taskforce) was formed and consisted of researchers working on risk assessment and food safety, and representat...
Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Grace, Delia
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Phuc Pham Duc
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Sinh Dang-Xuan
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Toan Luu-Quoc
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Unger, Fred
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Vlieger, S. de
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Ngoc Pham-Thi
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Nhiem Duong-Van
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Long Nguyen-Hung
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Luan Tran-Dinh
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Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh
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[Research and training partnership to assist policy and capacity building in improving food safety in Vietnam]
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Research and training partnership to assist policy and capacity building in improving food safety in Vietnam
Vietnam is undergoing a rapid social and economic developments resulting in speedy urbanization, changes in methods for animal production, food marketing systems, and food consumption habits. These changes will have major impacts on human exposures to food poisoning. The present case study aimed ...
Hoang Van Minh
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Tran Tuan Anh
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Anh Duc Ha
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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[Cost of hospitalization for foodborne diarrhea: A case study from Vietnam]
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Cost of hospitalization for foodborne diarrhea: A case study from Vietnam
ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: This paper describes the development of an Ecohealth Trainer Manual that was published in May 2013 and adapted to a Southeast Asian audience. This manual was part of a project entitled the Field Building Leadership Initiative (FBLI), launched in October 2011, which aims to bu...
Fèvre, Eric M.
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Waltner-Toews, D.
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Jing, F.
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Kittayapong, P.
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Adisasmito, W.
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Dinh Xuan Tung
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Jianchu Xu
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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[Création d’un manuel pédagogique comme action collaborative de promotion de l’écosanté en Asie du Sud-Est]
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Création d’un manuel pédagogique comme action collaborative de promotion de l’écosanté en Asie du Sud-Est
Untreated human and animal excreta once being released into the environment can be a hazard to the environment and human health by possible pathogens and drug residues. Integrated human and animal manure management faces challenges given that livestock is kept in proximity to human residencies an...
Nguyen Kim Ngan
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Nguyen Ngoc Bich
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Phuc Pham Duc
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Vu Van Tu
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Schelling, E.
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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[Towards an integrated management of human and animal waste in Viet Nam: Regulation and health and environmental impacts]
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Towards an integrated management of human and animal waste in Viet Nam: Regulation and health and environmental impacts
Reliable, sensitive, quantitative, and mobile rapid screening methods for pathogenic organisms are not yet readily available, but would provide a great benefit to humanitarian intervention units in disaster situations. We compared three different methods (immunofluorescent microscopy, IFM; flow c...
Keserue, H.A.
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Fuchslin, H.P.
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Wittwer, M.
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Nguyen, T.T.
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Surinkul, N.
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Koottatep, T.
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Schurch, N.
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Egli, T.
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[Comparison of rapid methods for detection of Giardia spp. and Cryptosporidium spp. (oo)cysts using transportable instrumentation in a field deployment]
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Comparison of rapid methods for detection of Giardia spp. and Cryptosporidium spp. (oo)cysts using transportable instrumentation in a field deployment