The Preventive Medicine Department in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has established and trained working groups to deal with dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease across localities since the beginning of 2017.
Communicable diseases from around the world could enter Vietnam and spread easily if the country does not improve prevention and control, said Tran Dac Phu, Director of the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Medicine Department.
HCM City hospitals are preparing emergency aid for the Tet holiday as the number of traffic accidents, food poisoning incidents and drunk driving incidents is expected to increase.
The risk of infectious disease in Vietnam is still high, with cases of infection likely to increase from now to the end of the year, according to the Ministry of Health.
The UN Women Vietnam, in coordination with the Vietnam Women Union, has provided 3,000 packages of hygiene products for disadvantaged women and girls in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.
HCM City schools were instructed to work with health centres to disinfect classrooms and devices serving children eating lunch, taking a nap and attending extra classes ahead of the new school year.
The first hot spell of summer, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius, is sending more people, especially children and the elderly to hospital.
Doctors called for better personal hygiene and nutrition among children to prevent and fight against hand-foot-mouth disease, especially during the period from March to May.
The Ministry of Public Heath has launched a programme on rallying efforts of the entire political system and the community for fighting infectious diseases.
Global climate change and the El-Nino phenomenon have raised the risk of epidemic outbreaks if precautious measures are not properly taken, said a health official.
It is necessary to enhance quarantine efforts and communication campaigns raising public awareness in border areas to prevent cross-border infectious diseases from spreading.
Over 450 scientists and managers working in preventive health nationwide gathered at a conference in Hanoi on October 2 to seek ways to increase the sector’s efficiency.
Ho Chi Minh City saw a decline in the number of cases of dengue fever,
measles, chicken pox, whooping cough, diarrhoea, mumps and Rubella in
April compared to the first three months of the year, according to the
city's Preventive Health Centre.
The Preventive Health Centre in Ho Chi Minh City called on residents
to remain highly vigilant over prevalent diseases such as dengue and
chickenpox, even though most of the diseases are on the decline at
present.
Vietnam is considered a role model in the fight against HIV/AIDS in
Southeast Asia , with the lowest rate of HIV infections, a senior
official has said.
The Ministry of Health has tightened epidemic prevention measures amid
the threat posed by dangerous diseases such as of the Middle East
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, dengue fever,
hand-foot-mouth and avian influenza.
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