The Ha Nam field office has been established and recruited 8 staff: 1 supervisor, 3 full-time and 3 part-time project officers, 1 data entry clerk whose background is in medicine and public health.

The Memorandums of Understanding in which the role, responsibilities and benefits for each side were clarified and agreed have been signed between the RTCCD and Ha Nam Centre for Preventative Medicine, NIMPE and NAPHACO.

The technical documents (protocol, questionnaires, guidelines, IEC materials etc) and management documents (office management, financial and personnel management etc) have been co-developed by coordinators of the  RTCCD and UoM.

The launching project workshops at provincial and communal levels  commenced on August 25, enrollment and baseline survey will completed in October 2010.