Close coordination in the prevention of dangerous human diseases

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of August 18, the People's Committee of Nghe An province held a meeting of the Steering Committee for the prevention of dangerous human diseases to listen to the report assessing the activities of the Steering Committee in the first 7 months of 2014 and the implementation plan for the last 5 months of 2014; Draft Plan for the prevention of new and re-emerging dangerous infectious diseases in humans in the coming time in the province.

Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting.

Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh delivered a concluding speech at the meeting.

At the meeting, the representative of the Department of Health - the standing agency of the Steering Committee for the prevention of dangerous human diseases reported on the epidemic situation and the activities of the Steering Committee. Accordingly: Since the beginning of the year, thanks to good disease prevention work, most infectious diseases have tended to decrease compared to the same period in 2013, especially dangerous and emerging infectious diseases such as Influenza A (H5N1, H7N9, H1N1); Middle East respiratory syndrome, Ebola have not been recorded in Nghe An. However, there are still some infectious diseases causing epidemics with high incidence, especially measles epidemics appearing and developing complicatedly. Specifically, there were 121 cases of measles (4 deaths), 1,396 cases of chickenpox, 320 cases of rectal dysentery, 55 cases of viral hepatitis, 11,872 cases of diarrhea, 5 deaths from human rabies, 16 cases of viral encephalitis...

At the conference, members of the Provincial Steering Committee for the Prevention of Dangerous Human Diseases and representatives of relevant departments, agencies and sectors gave their opinions on the draft plan for implementing tasks for the last 5 months of 2014, as well as the action plan for the prevention of emerging and re-emerging dangerous infectious diseases in humans in the coming time. In the action plan for the prevention of emerging and re-emerging dangerous infectious diseases in humans in the coming time in the area, 4 specific scenarios for the Ebola virus are set out according to levels to detect infected cases early, handle them promptly to prevent the spread of the epidemic, and minimize deaths (if an epidemic occurs).

Concluding the meeting, Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh praised the efforts of the members of the steering committee and relevant departments and agencies in the epidemic prevention work. Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh requested the steering committee to do a good job of perfecting the organization; members of the steering committee to uphold their sense of responsibility to do a good job of directing epidemic prevention in the area under their charge; The steering committee should make specific plans for each specific task of epidemic prevention; Departments and organizations need to closely coordinate with the health sector to carry out epidemic prevention, especially in providing and sharing information. All levels of departments and localities need to strengthen the inspection work to find the cause of the epidemic to monitor the source of the disease; Pay special attention to thematic propaganda work so that all people know how to prevent the disease; Conduct training courses on disease response for medical staff and inform people about prevention methods... In the 4 situations of dealing with the Ebola virus, there should be specific solutions, lists, and addresses attached.

Thanh Son