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The TA will help (i) assess CDC efforts in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam in the context of the GMS; (ii) identify priorities for, and feasibility of strengthening CDC programs and coordination; and (iii) prepare a project proposal based on these priorities. The Project will support MDGs of reducing child and maternal mortality, and containing and beginning to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases by reducing the burden of common communicable diseases in vulnerable populations, particularly among women and children; and reducing the economic cost of endemic diseases and emerging epidemics. The objectives would broadly be to (i) improve regional CDC coordination; (ii) ensure timely and appropriate control of epidemics that are likely to have a major impact on public health and the economy; (iii) reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS in high-risk populations; and (iv) reduce the burden of endemic infectious diseases of remote populations, including in border areas. The scope of the Project will be determined during the TA. The indicative project components are (i) harmonizing and advocating CDC strategies, quality standards, and services through regional networking and institutional collaboration; (ii) strengthening surveillance systems and implementation of WHO IHR; (iii) preventing HIV/AIDS in high-risk populations; and (iv) developing district-wide integrated CDC systems for remote populations.

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