The Ministry of Health recently designed a draft programme calling forpublic engagement in epidemic prevention amidst complicated diseasedevelopments in Vietnam, especially the possible appearance of thedeadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV).
Reports at a workshop held in Hanoi on June 4 revealed that thoughVietnam has successfully prevented emerging epidemics such as Ebola,A/H7N9 and MERS-CoV, it has still seen cases of and mortalities fromprevalent diseases like dengue fever, hand-foot-mouth, malaria, rabiesand encephalitis.
Disease prevention still faces anarray of difficulties due to the rapid spread of emerging diseases, theincrease of trading and travelling activities and the local hot andhumid climate.
Poor community awareness of personaland environmental hygiene and food safety further complicate diseaseprevention, as heard at the workshop.
Director ofthe ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department Tran Dac Phu said thenewly designed programme is meant to mobilise societal participationfrom State agencies, domestic and foreign organisations, businesses, toindividuals in epidemic prevention.
Accordingly, allcommunes, wards and residential areas nationwide are expected toimplement this programme and over 80 percent of households will followprevention recommendations, he noted, adding that at least 95 percent ofschools are hoped to effectively apply the national technical standardson preventing infectious diseases at educational establishments.
This programme will be implemented in association with civilisedlifestyle building movements while pushing communication activities toraise public awareness, Phu said.
At the workshop,attendees discussed ways to optimise coordination among parties in theprogramme and put forth concrete proposals for the draft content.-VNA
Reports at a workshop held in Hanoi on June 4 revealed that thoughVietnam has successfully prevented emerging epidemics such as Ebola,A/H7N9 and MERS-CoV, it has still seen cases of and mortalities fromprevalent diseases like dengue fever, hand-foot-mouth, malaria, rabiesand encephalitis.
Disease prevention still faces anarray of difficulties due to the rapid spread of emerging diseases, theincrease of trading and travelling activities and the local hot andhumid climate.
Poor community awareness of personaland environmental hygiene and food safety further complicate diseaseprevention, as heard at the workshop.
Director ofthe ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department Tran Dac Phu said thenewly designed programme is meant to mobilise societal participationfrom State agencies, domestic and foreign organisations, businesses, toindividuals in epidemic prevention.
Accordingly, allcommunes, wards and residential areas nationwide are expected toimplement this programme and over 80 percent of households will followprevention recommendations, he noted, adding that at least 95 percent ofschools are hoped to effectively apply the national technical standardson preventing infectious diseases at educational establishments.
This programme will be implemented in association with civilisedlifestyle building movements while pushing communication activities toraise public awareness, Phu said.
At the workshop,attendees discussed ways to optimise coordination among parties in theprogramme and put forth concrete proposals for the draft content.-VNA
