Biography

Lan Nguyen is the Associate Program Director for IRD VN. She is currently based in Ha Noi, Vietnam. Lan was the Chief of Party for the Erase TB, a project aimed at improving TB treatment coverage in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City through enhanced contact investigation, accessible screening services, and public/private partnership . Lan has 15 years of experience working in HIV/TB and previously worked for Partners In Health, Boston for the endTB project. Lan holds an MPH from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Large notification impact of a multi-component active case finding and person-centered care intervention in urban Viet Nam: The Erase TB case study

A sustained, comprehensive package of ACF interventions complemented by social support can substantially narrow treatment coverage gaps and should be considered for scale-up in order to achieve end TB ambitions.

Source: Conference 2024