Call for Quotes: Event organization services for World TB Day in Dong Thap

Vietnam ranks 11th among the 30 countries with the highest number of tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant tuberculosis cases globally. The tuberculosis epidemic in Vietnam remains serious, with a new infection rate of about 176 per 100,000 people. An estimated 172,000 new TB cases occur annually (according to the WHO’s Global TB Report, 2023). However, only 102,500 new and recurrent TB cases were detected in 2022, representing 60% of the estimated cases.

 

March 24 is designated by the World Health Organization as World Tuberculosis Day to mobilize the attention and participation of leaders and citizens in the fight against tuberculosis, particularly in countries with a high burden like Vietnam. To respond to this day, the USAID Support to End TB project, implemented by FHI 360, is colloborating with the National TB Program, Dong Thap People’s Committee, Dong Thap Department of Health, and Dong Thap Lung Health Hospital to organize an outdoor event in Dong Thap province, a region with a high tuberculosis burden in the Mekong Delta. This event aimed to mobilize the attention of departments, unions, social organizations, and the general public in TB prevention and control work towards the goal of ending TB by 2035.