Ministry of Health inspects measles prevention work in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) -On the morning of May 2, a working delegation of the Ministry of Health led by Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Long - Deputy Minister of Health inspected the work of measles prevention, measles vaccination and measles vaccination in Nghe An. Accompanying them were Professor, Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien - Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology; Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dac Phu, Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine.

Receiving and working with the delegation were Meritorious Doctor - BSCK2 Bui Dinh Long - Director of the Department of Health, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hong - Deputy Director of the Department and related units under the health sector.

Deputy Minister of Health visits measles patients at the infectious disease department of the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.

At the Hung Loc Commune Health Station - Vinh City, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long highly appreciated the participation of the local authorities here and the efforts of the health station in implementing the measles vaccination and free measles vaccination for children from 24 to 84 months old. Checking and visiting patients in the infectious diseases department, measles emergency resuscitation isolation area of ​​the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital and the infectious diseases department of Vinh City General Hospital, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long noted: The Department of Health needs to prioritize the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital to handle the outbreak, thoroughly isolating the intensive care area from the emergency resuscitation isolation area to avoid cross-infection. Vinh City General Hospital needs to arrange more beds to receive and treat measles patients.

According to the report of the Department of Health, in recent times, the Nghe An health sector has drastically and synchronously implemented preventive measures to respond to the measles epidemic. Currently, the measles situation in Nghe An province has stabilized, the number of cases has tended to decrease. Implementing the direction of the Ministry of Health, measles vaccination has been widely deployed in 20/20 districts, cities and towns. As of May 1, 29,739/30,840 children aged 9 to 24 months have been vaccinated against measles, reaching 96.6% of the remaining number will be fully vaccinated as soon as possible. In addition, in Vinh City, free measles vaccination has been deployed for 9,334/9,507 children aged 24 to 84 months, reaching 98.3%.

Working with the Department of Health, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long highly appreciated the efforts of the Nghe An Health sector in the prevention of measles epidemics in recent times, especially the acceleration of measles vaccination and measles vaccination with high results. At the same time, the Deputy Minister also noted that in the coming time, the Nghe An Health sector needs to closely monitor the epidemic situation to have timely and effective responses, it is necessary to connect between the Medical Center, hospital and health station; further promote propaganda activities to guide people on measles prevention and control in the community, at home, how to care for children with measles and after measles... reduce the number of children with mild measles going to provincial hospitals to avoid cross-infection and hospital infections leading to serious illness, possibly death; strictly manage vaccination subjects and vaccination schedules; select localities with high disease rates to implement free vaccination; effectively implement measures to prevent cross-infection in hospitals; Appropriate treatment should be divided into appropriate treatment routes. Mild measles patients should be treated at the health station, and more severe cases should be treated at Vinh City General Hospital. If this problem cannot be resolved, it will be very difficult to contain the measles epidemic.

On behalf of the health sector, Director of the Department of Health Bui Dinh Long thanked the Deputy Minister and the working group for their attention and guidance, and proposed to the Ministry of Health to provide an additional 50,000 doses of measles vaccine to provide free vaccinations for children in localities with high measles rates. At the same time, Vinh City General Hospital was assigned to arrange 30 more beds in the infectious diseases department to admit and treat measles patients, and relevant units immediately implemented active measures to control measles as soon as possible.

Tu Thanh