The Center for Community Health Strategy (CHS) (http://www.chsvn.org [1]) is a non-governmental organization established by a group of medical doctors and social scientists working in the field of public health and economic development. CHS main areas of research and development include HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and adolescent health, health systems development, environmental sustainability, and development economics. The Center works in close collaboration with local, national and international partners including academic institutions and governmental and non-governmental organizations in research and intervention activities to promote healthcare for communities in Vietnam. Target beneficiaries of the activities of Center are the vulnerable and disadvantaged groups including women, children, the disabled and the poor.
Since its founding, CHS has conducted research on HIV/AIDS and sexual transmitted diseases, adolescent reproductive health, gender inequality and health care financing in Vietnam. Current major research projects are on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, healthcare financing reform including new provider payment method and universal health insurance.
HEFPA (Health Equity and Financial Protection in Asia), starting from 2009, is a four-years project that will advance understanding of the related problems of limited and unequal access to health care and of exposure to the financial risks associated with illnesses in low and lower-middle income in six Asian countries (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam). In Vietnam, the project aims at understanding the impact of extending the Vietnam Health Insurance Program to the poor and informal sector and reforms to provider payment systems.
CHS internship opportunities are open to students who are strong in quantitative analysis to do data cleaning of large survey data (such as the Vietnam Living Standards Survey) and to involve in data analysis using advanced research techniques for panel data.
CHS offers two-month internships with the possibility of extension. The opportunity of job offer will depend on students’ capabilities of research and the availability of funding.
Students who are majored in econometrics and biostatistics are strongly preferred.
If you are interested please submit your CV and a letter describing your experiences to: [email protected] [2]
Center for Community Health Strategy
No 108 – Ngoc Thuy – Long Bien – Hanoi
Website: http://www.chsvn.org [1]
Phone: 04 38711020
Fax: 04 38715490