Vietnam is expected to control tuberculosis (TB) with below 20 patientsamong 100,000 by 2030, towards eliminating the disease.
Itis part of the national TB prevention strategy until 2020, with a visionto 2030 recently approved by the Prime Minister.
By late2015, the country expects that the numbers of TB sufferers and deathsare 187 and 18 per 100,000. By 2020, the respective number is 131 and 10and the rate of multidrug-resistant TB patients will be kept at below 5percent.
To realise the goal, Vietnam will review and amendpolicies, raise public awareness of concerned laws, and offer medicalcheck-ups and treatment, especially in remote and mountainous areas.
On top of this, it will join efforts with countries worldwideto detect, treat and curb the cross-border spread of TB. Trainingcourses both at home and abroad will be held while the enforcement oflaws on TB prevention will be strengthened.
At a conferenceassessing TB prevention in 2013, it was reported that Vietnam ranks 12th among 22 countries most burdened with TB.
Every year,Vietnam sees 130,000 new TB patients and 3,500 others suffering frommultidrug-resistant TB. Some 18,000 people die of the disease in thecountry annually.
In 2013, the National TuberculosisProgramme covered all communes nationwide, and up to 90.9 percent of newpatients with sputum smears that tested positive for acid-fast bacilliwere treated successfully. Notably, the number of new patients hasfallen in the past years.
In 2014, the programme plans tofurther ensure people’s access to high-quality Directly ObservedTreatment and Short Course (DOTS) services, and manage the situation ofdrug-resistant TB and patients infected with both TB and HIV.
The World Health Organisation said TB is the second leading infectiouscause of death while multidrug-resistant TB is present in almost allcountries.-VNA
Itis part of the national TB prevention strategy until 2020, with a visionto 2030 recently approved by the Prime Minister.
By late2015, the country expects that the numbers of TB sufferers and deathsare 187 and 18 per 100,000. By 2020, the respective number is 131 and 10and the rate of multidrug-resistant TB patients will be kept at below 5percent.
To realise the goal, Vietnam will review and amendpolicies, raise public awareness of concerned laws, and offer medicalcheck-ups and treatment, especially in remote and mountainous areas.
On top of this, it will join efforts with countries worldwideto detect, treat and curb the cross-border spread of TB. Trainingcourses both at home and abroad will be held while the enforcement oflaws on TB prevention will be strengthened.
At a conferenceassessing TB prevention in 2013, it was reported that Vietnam ranks 12th among 22 countries most burdened with TB.
Every year,Vietnam sees 130,000 new TB patients and 3,500 others suffering frommultidrug-resistant TB. Some 18,000 people die of the disease in thecountry annually.
In 2013, the National TuberculosisProgramme covered all communes nationwide, and up to 90.9 percent of newpatients with sputum smears that tested positive for acid-fast bacilliwere treated successfully. Notably, the number of new patients hasfallen in the past years.
In 2014, the programme plans tofurther ensure people’s access to high-quality Directly ObservedTreatment and Short Course (DOTS) services, and manage the situation ofdrug-resistant TB and patients infected with both TB and HIV.
The World Health Organisation said TB is the second leading infectiouscause of death while multidrug-resistant TB is present in almost allcountries.-VNA
