Workshop on Aging Population and Health

1. Background

Viet Nam is an ageing country with rapidly increasing in both proportion and absolute number of older people in total population. This brings big challenges for the Government of Viet Nam in responding and adapting to ageing population including the health care for older people. An experience from other countries shows that community based care is one of the most effective models for older people. As such, building up adequate and effective human resources including para-professional/ non-professional/informal care givers in the communities is necessary.

The current population system includes a wide network of population collaborators at all villages, hamlets, streets which could be an effective force of para-professional/ non-professional / informal care givers in providing community based care for older people.

In addition, there is limited information on health and care for aging population especially there had not been a longitudinal survey for aging population in Viet Nam. In collaboration with The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), The Institute of Population, Health and Development (PHAD) conducted the first Longitudinal Study of Aging and Health in Viet Nam in 2018, funded by ERIA. The study will provide results on the health status of the elderly in Viet Nam, the need for health care for the elderly and other important information, data about the elderly in Viet Nam.

In order to provide information of ageing population and health of older people share the main findings from the baseline survey of the Longitudinal Study on Ageing and Health of Viet Nam, and discuss the role, tasks and capacity of population collaborators in providing community based care for older people, The General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP), Ministry of Health, Viet Nam, United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA), Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and  East Asia (ERIA) and The Institute of Population, Health and Development (PHAD)  plan to organize a Workshop on Aging Population and Health: The Longitudinal Study and the Role of Population Collaborators in Community Based Care for Older People.

2. Objective

- To providing information and evidence on ageing population, health status and health care needs of older people in Viet Nam;

- To discuss the role, responsibility and capacity of population collaborators in community- based care for older people

3. Contents

- Overview on ageing population and heath care for older people in Asia and Viet Nam;

- Main findings from the baseline survey of the Longitudinal Study on Ageing and Health in Viet Nam;

- Needs of community based care for older people in Viet Nam;

- The role and capacity of population collaborators in community- based care for older people;

- Requirements and training for population collaborators who becoming para-professional/ non-professional/ informal care givers.

- The Agenda as enclosed file

4. Date and Venue

-  Thursday, 12th December 2019

- Lake Side hotel (http://www.lakesidehotel.com.vn/), 23 Ngoc Khanh Street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

5. Languages:  Vietnamese, English

6. Speakers/Presenters  

- Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, Deputy General Director of General Office for Population and Family Planning, Ministry of Health, Viet Nam

- Dr. Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Viet Nam

- Ms. ANAMI Midori, Deputy Director, Office of Global Health Cooperation, International Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

- Mr. Yasuhiro Yamada,  The Special Assistant to ERIA President, ERIA

- Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Quynh, Officer of UNFPA Viet Nam

- Prof. Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University, Japan

- Dr. Kitti Larpsombatsiri, Director of Bureau of Elderly Health, Dept of Health, MPH, Thailand

- Dr. Vu Cong Nguyen, Deputy Director of PHAD

- Mr. Luong Quang Dang, Deputy Director of Personnel Dept, GOPFP

7. Participants

Around 60-70 participants, representative from:

- Committees of Central Communist Party,

- Viet Nam National Assembly Social Affairs Committee

- Line Ministries and Government Organizations: Government Office of Viet Nam, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Labour, War invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of Investment and Planning, Ministry of Health, Viet Nam Social Insurance, Viet Nam National Committee on Elderly, Viet Nam Women’s Union, Viet Nam Association of the Elderly, Viet Nam Nurse Association, General Statistics Office of Viet Nam, General Office for Population and Family Planning

- Population collaborators, representatives from Provincial Offices for Population and Family Planning, Provincial Health Departments, Provincial Association of the Elderly of Ha Noi, Hung Yen, Nam Dinh, Bac Ninh, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Nghe An, Quang Ngai, Dak Lak, Dong Nai, Ho Chi Minh city, Hau Giang, Tra Vinh.

- International organizations:  UNFPA, WHO, Japanese Embassy, JICA, JCIE, ERIA, HelpAge International, ADB, WB, PHAD…

- Research Institutes, Universities, Academies…

- Newspapers/Mass media…