[health-vn] FW: STRENGTHENING CAPACITY FOR SOCIAL WORKERS IN ASSISTING DRUG USERS (English)

[Thanh (SBC), Do Thi Hong]

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PRESS RELEASE

 

STRENGTHENING CAPACITY FOR SOCIAL WORKERS IN ASSISTING DRUG USERS

 

Hai Phong, February 16, 2011 - A new project called the 'Improving
Policy and Quality of Community-based Services for Drug Users in Hai
Phong' has been launched today in Hai Phong City.

 

The four-year project will be implemented by the Hai Phong Department of
Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Hai Phong Department of
Social Evil Prevention with technical support from FHI in Viet Nam.  The
US$ 120,000 project is funded by Atlantic Philanthropies

 

The project aims to build the capacity of staff to assist people who use
drugs to achieve the highest possible standards of health. Hai Phong was
selected as a location for project implementation in order to promote
on-the job training for available officials at communal/ward levels on
social work/case management services for drug users. These officials
have the responsibility to support drug users to access drug treatment
services effectively in the community.

 

It is thought that there are about 8,000 people who regularly inject
drugs in Hai Phong; of these about 1,800 to 2,000 are administered in 06
Centers. "Hai Phong has led the way in providing evidenced-based
services for drug users", said Mrs. Caroline Francis, Deputy Director of
FHI. "The Hai Phong Government has been early adopters of methadone
along with other health promoting services for drug users. This project
will continue the trend and provide on-the job training for officials on
social work and case management services".  

 

Leaders at all levels and sectors of Hai Phong City and communal/ward
officials in charge of social evil prevention, drug users and their
families have also benefited from the project. In addition, the project
provides opportunities for students who are formally being trained on
social work at universities to practice and gain experience from working
in the community.

 

"We do hope that this project will provide the local evidence needed to
re-orientate policies and assist us to develop more programs that focus
on providing social services to support drug uses effectively, "
stressed Mrs. Le Thi Dai, Deputy Director of Hai Phong Department of
Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 

The project 'Improving Policy and Quality of Community-based Services
for Drug Users in Hai Phong' was initiated and implemented in response
to the National Program on Development of Social Work Profession for the
2010-2020 period. The project is supported by the Atlantic
Philanthropies and implemented in partnership between the Ministry of
Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and other experienced national and
international organizations in Viet Nam. The general purpose of this
support is to build capacity for social workers at communal / ward
levels and to train undergraduate and postgraduate students on social
work in order to make social work become an official profession in Viet
Nam.

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Mrs. Vuong Thi Huong Thu,

Program Manager

Drug Use and HIV

FHI in Viet Nam

7th Floor, Hanoi Tourist Building

18 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Tel: ++(844) 39348560 ext. 132
Cell phone: ++(84) 912 931493 
Fax: ++(844) 39348650
Email: huongthu at fhi.org.vn

 

FHI in Viet Nam is a global health and development organization. FHI has
been present in Vietnam since 1998 and works mainly in the areas of HIV
prevention and care for most-at-risk populations and in tobacco control.
The project 'Improving Policy and Quality of Community-based Services
for Drug Users in Hai Phong' is the first project signed between FHI in
Viet Nam and the Hai Phong Department of Labor, Invalids and Social
Affairs and will be directly implemented by the Hai Phong Department of
Social Evil Prevention.

 

The Atlantic Philanthropies, an international foundation, is dedicated
to bring about lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and
vulnerable people. Activities of this Foundation focus on aging,
children and youth, population health and reconciliation and human
rights programs. The programs funded by Atlantic Philanthropies are
being implemented in Australia, Bermuda, Northern Ireland, the Republic
of Ireland, South Africa, the United States and Viet Nam.

 

 

 

 

Do Thi Hong Thanh  | Associate Program Officer

Strategic Behavioral Communications (SBC)

FHI: The Science of Improving Lives| Vietnam Country Office

7th floor, Hanoi Tourist Building, 18 Ly Thuong Kiet street | Hanoi,
Vietnam

Mobile: +84 (0) 90 4339 808 | Office: +84-4-3934-8560 | Fax:
+84-4-3934-8650

E-mail: hongthanh at fhi.org.vn

www.fhi.org

 

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