After working in infectious disease research in Viet Nam for almost 30 years, OUCRU’s vision for the next 10 years is to have local, regional and global impact on health, by leading a locally driven research program on infectious diseases in Southeast Asia. We realize that in order to meet our aims of being locally driven, as well as having impact, we need to have a strong understanding of health policy priorities in Viet Nam, as well as to nurture and develop strong relationships with health policy stakeholders in Vietnam.

Since January 2020, OUCRU has been quickly building a portfolio of research in response to COVID-19. Details of the project in progress are included in this document.  We have grouped it into broad research themes including Clinical Research, Diagnosis and Virology, Epidemiology, Mathematical Modeling, and Social Science, Public and Policy Engagement.

Our research is always collaborative, working closely with local partners, as well as with partners from across our wider programme.  This portfolio also contains many cross-disciplinary projects, recognizing that this pandemic is broad-reaching and needs a flexible, multi-layered response.
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Clinical Research

• Prediction of respiratory failure in COVID-19 infection and understanding pathophysiological mechanisms
• Prognostication of Oxygen Requirement in non-severe SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infection (PRIORITY)
• VICO Trial: A multi center randomized open label trial on the safety and efficacy of chloroquine for the treatment of hospitalized adults with laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in Vietnam
• Clinical characteristics, management and disease outcomes of COVID-19 patients in Indonesia: Clinical Characterization Protocol (INACO study)
• COPCOV Study
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Diagnostics and Virology

• ISARIC Study: The natural history of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Vietnam
• Natural history of SARS-CoV-2 in comparison to influenza A virus: a multi-site study focused in the Southern Hemisphere and equatorial regions
• Characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva of healthcare workers in high-risk settings and assessment of the use of the Cepheid Xpert®Xpress SARS CoV-2 cartridge
• Validating GeneXpert platform for SARS-COV-2 diagnosis for remote sites in Eastern Indonesia
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Epidemiology

• Characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva of healthcare workers in high-risk settings
• Molecular epidemiology and within host evolution of COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam
• Assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy care and outcomes
• Tracking all-cause mortality at the epicenter of Indonesia’s COVID-19 epidemic (TreMOR)
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Mathematical Modeling

• Modeling COVID-19 in Vietnam
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Social Science, Public and Policy Engagement

• The SPEAR Project
• Public and Community Engagement Response to COVID-19
• Combating COVID-19 related fake news
• COVID-19 Policy Engagement
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To download PDF versions please click on the link below:

For English: OUCRU COVID-19 Research Portfolio – AUG 2020

For Vietnamese: OUCRU COVID-19 Research Portfolio VN – AUG 2020

A summary of Vietnamese government regulations about COVID-19: MoH covid related documents