Implementing the Public-Private Health Cooperation Project in Tuberculosis Prevention
(Baonghean) -This morning, December 15, the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district and the Nghe An Department of Health held a conference to deploy a public-private health cooperation project in tuberculosis prevention.
Tuberculosis is currently the main and most common infectious disease, affecting more than 2 billion people worldwide. Vietnam ranks 12th out of 22 countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis. In Nghe An province alone, the tuberculosis infection rate accounts for 1.7% of the population, of which only 0.05% of the population is tested for sputum. Therefore, the rate of detected tuberculosis infection is still very low compared to the reality in the community. Therefore, it is necessary to have intervention measures to increase the rate of detection of tuberculosis patients, thereby increasing the rate of treatment and management of the disease, limiting the spread in the community. Quynh Luu is a large district, in addition to the state health network, private health facilities are also strongly developed, and people seek treatment for tuberculosis at private health facilities quite a lot. Therefore, it is necessary to mobilize private medical forces in the work of detecting tuberculosis.
At the conference, delegates were introduced by officials from the Nghe An Department of Health about the tuberculosis situation in Vietnam in general, Nghe An province in particular, and the public-private health coordination strategy in the tuberculosis control program. In addition, the conference also introduced public-private health coordination activities in tuberculosis control in Nghe An, the process of transferring suspected tuberculosis patients. In particular, doctors from the Nghe An Department of Health also shared the results and lessons learned in implementing the transfer of suspected tuberculosis patients in 2011, and updated the communication message about tuberculosis. Right at the conference, delegates signed a commitment to join hands in the task of tuberculosis prevention./.
Le Nhung
