Center for Community Health and Development (COHED)

The Centre for Community Health and Development (COHED) was established in December 2002 by Mrs. Dao Thi Mai Hoa and officially began operations in 2003. As a Vietnamese based non-profit organization, COHED works throughout the country to improve the lives of Vietnam’s most vulnerable communities and individuals.

COHED originally worked at a national and grassroots level to contribute to the nation’s effort in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and promoting sustainable poverty reduction in Vietnam.

Today, COHED’s remit of expertise has broadened. It now includes health education, capacity-building and gender empowerment for comprehensive community development focusing on sustainable livelihood improvement, especially community-based tourism, climate change adaptation and mitigation, research and policy advocacy.