USAID/LADDERS rolls out the Community-Public Partnership (C2P) model in Hanoi.
Hanoi – 21.12.2022- The Community-Public Partnership (C2P) model has proven to be a successful model for leveraging community resources to increase client access to care and quality of care, and USAID is committed to supporting its scale-up to more areas of Vietnam. Last week, USAID in partnership with the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC) convened a C2P meeting to officially introduce the C2P model and facilitate the ‘C2P pair-up’ of a health facility and a community-based organization in Hanoi. The event was well attended by 60 participants from 6 district OPCs, 3 hospitals and 4 community clinics along with 9 CBOs under the LIFE/LADDERS project, discussing the possibility and feasibility of adopting and advancing the C2P model among health facilities and CBOs in Hanoi in the common goal of expanding HIV service delivery and optimizing client experience. Hanoi CDC and LIFE Centre managed to engage the participants of all parties in a consensus to agree on a C2P roll-out program in Hanoi including having regular meetings to exchange data and updates, monitoring and reporting mechanisms and supplemental collaborative activities in 2023. By the end of the meeting, all health facilities have committed to initiating the strategic partnership with at least 1 CBO, opening the door for further discussion and official signing between parties under moderation and supervision of Hanoi CDC and LIFE Centre.
C2P results in improved access to HIV prevention and treatment services of populations at higher risk of living with HIV and confronting access barriers. It also enables mobilizing local resources to optimize reach and social services for clients to better identify cases in the community and facilitate linkage and maintenance to care. In addition, the model also supports optimizing opportunities and favorable conditions for CBOs’ financial sustainable development to maintain service delivery relating to HIV/STIs and other diseases. This adds tremendous values to realize USAID’s commitment to end AIDS and transition to sustainable local mechanisms/models.
Figure 1. Dr. Lan Thi La – Vice Director of Hanoi CDC emphasized the critical role of community-based organizations as an extended hand to health facilities in HIV/AIDS response in Hanoi.
Figure 2. Hoang Mai OPC and Hoa Sen CBO shared experiences and lessons learned from their 2022 partnership, highlighting their commitment and aspiration for their C2P in 2023.
