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Assignment #5: Actors & Agencies

This assignment will help you understand the dominant actors and agendas in the country, which will inform your final proposal by helping you understand what the country needs and what is feasible in the current environment.

For this assignment, please use at least four scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources.

Chosen Country: Vietnam
Chosen Disease: Tuberculosis

  1. Describe the political climate in your chosen country. Is the country a democracy? Does your country’s leadership demonstrate a credible commitment to health services? If yes, how? If no, why not? (150-200 words)
  2. Describe the constraints on your country’s ability to provide health services. For instance, is your country under structural adjustment? To what extent does the country dictate its own policies? (150-200 words)
  3. Describe the current national capacity (state of systems and services) that exists in response to your chosen disease (e.g., level of human resources available, health and other relevant infrastructure, types of interventions provided). (200-300 words)
  4. Name the main national and international agencies involved in national responses to your chosen disease/condition in-country and their main programs. What is the specific government entity within the country that coordinates the response to your chosen disease? Are the goals of that entity known/clear? (150-250 words)
  5. Does this work (your response to #4) supplement national health systems effectively? How does the work of these other entities impact health systems nationally? Does the work of other organizations possibly interfere with the work of the government? (200-300 words)
  6. Does the government appear, from past and current actions, genuinely committed to addressing your chosen disease? What limitations does the government show, and what are areas for improvement?
    Please list at least three scholarly sources.

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