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
,
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...
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
,
Toan Luu-Quoc
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Unger, Fred
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Vlieger, S. de
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Ngoc Pham-Thi
,
Nhiem Duong-Van
,
Long Nguyen-Hung
,
Luan Tran-Dinh
,
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
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
,
Nguyen Ngoc Bich
,
Phuc Pham Duc
,
Vu Van Tu
,
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
BACKGROUND: Despite the potential health risks of wastewater and excreta use as fertiliser in agriculture, it is still widespread in Vietnam. However, the importance of diarrheal risk in adults' associated with the combined exposures to both excreta and wastewater use in agriculture is largely un...
Phuc Pham Duc
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Hattendorf, J.
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Cam Dac Phung
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Zurbrugg, C.
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Zinsstag, Jakob
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Odermatt, P.
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[Diarrhoeal diseases among adult population in an agricultural community Hanam province, Vietnam, with high wastewater and excreta re-use]
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Diarrhoeal diseases among adult population in an agricultural community Hanam province, Vietnam, with high wastewater and excreta re-use
Background: Like many countries in Southeast Asia, Vietnam’s rapid population and economic growth has met challenges in infrastructure development, especially sanitation in rural areas.
Objective: As an entry point, we developed scenario planning as an action–research tool in a peri-urban commun...
Nguyen, V.
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Phuc Pham Duc
,
Weise, M.
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[Scenario planning for community development in Vietnam: a new tool for integrated health approaches?]
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Scenario planning for community development in Vietnam: a new tool for integrated health approaches?
Background
To date, research has shown an increasing use of the term “ecohealth” in literature, but few researchers have explicitly described how it has been used. We investigated a project on health and environmental sanitation (the conceptual framework of which included the pillars of ecohealth...
Vi Nguyen
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
,
Phuc Pham Duc
,
Stephen, C.
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McEwen, S.A.
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[Identifying the impediments and enablers of ecohealth for a case study on health and environmental sanitation in Hà Nam, Vietnam]
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Identifying the impediments and enablers of ecohealth for a case study on health and environmental sanitation in Hà Nam, Vietnam
Introduction: Along with poultry and eggs, pork meat represents one of the most signifi cant risks of Salmonellosis. Pork accounts for 56% of the meat consumed daily in Vietnamese households and pork preparation and handling poses a major risk due to possible cross-contamination. The objective of ...
Ngan Tran Thi
,
Dang Xuan Sinh
,
Unger, Fred
,
Barot, M.
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
,
Pham Van Hung
,
Grace, Delia
,
Phuc Pham Duc
,
[Exposure assessment of Salmonella related to pork handling and consumption at households in Hung Yen and Nghe An provinces]
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Exposure assessment of Salmonella related to pork handling and consumption at households in Hung Yen and Nghe An provinces
Objectives
To quantify salmonellosis risk in humans through consumption of boiled pork in urban Hung Yen Province, Vietnam, using a quantitative microbial risk assessment.
Methods
We collected 302 samples along the pork value chain in Hung Yen between April 2014 and February 2015. We developed...
Sinh Dang Xuan
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Unger, Fred
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Phuc Pham Duc
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Grace, Delia
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Ngan Tran Thi
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Barot, M.
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Ngoc Pham-Thi
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Makita, K.
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[Quantitative risk assessment of human salmonellosis in the smallholder pig value chains in urban of Vietnam]
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Quantitative risk assessment of human salmonellosis in the smallholder pig value chains in urban of Vietnam