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Measles prevention and control at the 'hot spot' Pha Lom (Tuong Duong)

Thanh Chung • March 22, 2025 18:42

Pha Lom Village (Tam Hop Commune) is a measles hotspot in the mountainous district of Tuong Duong. Since the beginning of the year, Pha Lom has had 97 measles cases (out of a total of 130 cases in the entire district). Currently, the health sector of Tuong Duong District is actively coordinating with the military medical staff of Tam Hop Border Guard Station to prevent and control measles.

Ảnh Thành Chung (1) — Pha Lom is a border village of Tam Hop commune, Tuong Duong district. The village has 127 Mong households, with 799 people. The first measles case in the village was discovered on February 22, 2025, when a child had a fever at home for 3 consecutive days and was taken by his parents to the commune health station for examination and treatment. Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (2) — When a measles case was detected, on February 23, 2025, Tam Hop Commune Health Station established a working group to go to the village to conduct an epidemiological investigation and discovered another child with measles. Since then, 97 children (aged from 6 months to 10 years) have been found to have the disease in the village. Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (3) — Measles epidemicThe outbreak in Pha Lom village originated from the fact that the rate of children being vaccinated here is very low (nearly 50%). The reason is that the level and awareness of health of the people is still limited. Life is difficult, grandparents and parents are busy with farming and pay little attention to their children; they are afraid that if they vaccinate their children, they will get a fever, and parents will not be able to go to work. The propaganda work of the medical team faces many difficulties due to language differences; people go to work from dawn to dusk... Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (4) — Faced with the situation of many measles cases appearing in Pha Lom village, on March 12, the Nghe An Provincial Center for Disease Control and Tuong Duong District Medical Center established a working group to direct epidemic prevention and control; decided to establish a quarantine and treatment area right at the village cultural house. Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (5) — The isolation and treatment area was established to improve the effectiveness of treatment, create convenience for patients, and avoid cross-infection at medical facilities. In order for the isolation and treatment area to operate well, Tuong Duong District Medical Center sent 2 medical staff (including 1 Mong doctor) to coordinate with 2 commune health station staff and 1 military doctor of Tam Hop Border Guard Station to perform the task. Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (8) — Since then, the Quarantine Area has treated 20 children with measles, currently 14 children have recovered, 3 children with severe symptoms have been transferred to the Medical Center for treatment and are treating 3 children (expected to recover in the next 2-3 days). Information from the Tuong Duong District Medical Center: Tam Hop has 101 cases; 91 cases have been cured; 10 cases are still being treated; in addition to the 3 cases being treated in the quarantine area, there are 2 cases being treated at the Commune Health Station, 5 cases being treated at the District Health Center. Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (11) — To support and help children with measles in the Quarantine and Treatment Area, Tuong Duong District Medical Center has coordinated with Tam Hop Commune and Tam Hop Border Guard Station to regularly cook porridge and supplement nutrition for the children. Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (12) — An officer from Tam Hop Border Guard Station feeds porridge to Xong Thi Nhung (5 years old, from Pha Lom village). Nhung is currently one of three patients being treated in the quarantine area at the village cultural house. Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (6) — In addition to isolating and treating children with measles at Pha Lom, medical staff and military medics of the Border Guard Station actively went to every alley, knocked on every door, checked each subject to make a list of children needing vaccination; propagandized about measles prevention and control measures, the benefits of vaccination, and care for children with measles. Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (7) — Through screening, Pha Lom village has a total of 269 children from 6 months to 10 years old. Of which, 88 children have been vaccinated against measles; there are 181 children who need to be vaccinated with an additional dose of measles vaccine containing measles components. In the village, there are also some children with mild fever, who are being isolated and monitored at home. Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (10) — In Tam Hop, in addition to Pha Lom village, there is another Mong village, Huoi Son village. Up to now, Huoi Son has had 4 cases of measles. The number of children from 6 months to 10 years old in Huoi Son village who need to be vaccinated against measles, vaccines containing measles components, is also very large, with 143 children. If not vaccinated soon, the number of children with measles in these two villages will increase. Photo: Thanh Chung

Ảnh Thành Chung (9) — At this time, Tam Hop Commune Health Station has been focusing on conducting statistics, reviewing, and making a list of children needing vaccination.measles vaccine, Measles - Rubella; strengthen communication work, mobilize families to vaccinate their children; speed up the progress of measles and measles - Rubella vaccination for children. It is expected that before March 31, 2025, 641 children from 6 months to 10 years old in Tam Hop commune will be vaccinated with measles and measles - Rubella. Photo: Thanh Chung

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