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According to the latest survey results, the height of young Vietnamese has increased from 3.6 to 4.4 cm, equivalent to the golden age of Japan.
The Ministry of Health has just announced 10 typical medical events in 2020 with many bright spots in the fields of prevention, nutrition, and medical examinations and treatments.
1. Success against Covid-19
Vietnam is considered by the international community as the most successful country in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, mobilizing the entire political system, the entire people and the entire army to participate in the prevention and control of the epidemic. at the lowest cost.
With the strategy of “prevent, detect, isolate, locate, suppress the epidemic and treat”, Vietnam has quarantined more than 730,000 people; tested on 1.7 million people; deployed 1,608 border posts with nearly 10,000 people glued to the border from Tet Canh Ty.
Medical staff took Covid-19 samples for people in Da Nang
Vietnam is one of the first four countries to isolate a new strain of the corona virus. In a short time, Vietnam has actively produced ventilators, diagnostic biologics, and began testing the Covid-19 vaccine.
As of December 30, Vietnam had a total of 1,456 Covid-19 patients, belonging to the group of countries with the lowest rate of Covid-19 cases per 1 million people in the world.
2. Implement remote medical examinations and treatments
In just 45 days, the health sector has connected 1,000 remote exploration and treatment points, so far it has increased to 1,500 points.
The project opens a new stage in diagnosis and treatment, with the goal that all medical facilities, especially at the district level, receive continuous professional support, and all residents receive regular medical support. and when necessary.
The project helps people access quality medical services at the grassroots level, bridges the gap between the upper and lower levels, and helps save the lives of many patients.
3. Many surgical achievements
The separation of twins Truc Nhi and Dieu Nhi at Children’s Hospital City is typical. HCM City; the first successful bowel transplant at Hospital Militar 103; multicenter organ transplantation of the organ donated by a patient in Vung Tau; Viet Duc Hospital for 10 consecutive days of 23 consecutive organ transplants …
4. Convert medical numbers
The Ministry of Health has brought 100% of level 4 public services to the network environment connected with service ports and national gateways; apply artificial intelligence using chest X-ray images in support of Covid-19 diagnosis; Vietnam is at the forefront in the application of information technology for the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic, such as electronic medical statements, Bluezone tracking applications and Covid-19 safety maps.
The Ministry of Health has also opened the Public Health portal, which provides transparency in the prices of medicines and equipment, the results of tenders and the prices of services.
Launch of the Vietnam Medical Platform (the intranet that connects 100% of health workers across the country), the grassroots health platform – V20 (that connects and shares grassroots health data, shared by 10,600 health care stations communal sanitary); Make 98 million medical records in 5 months to prepare for medical tests and treatments without using paper.
By 2020, the healthcare sector will implement important prerequisites for running a smart healthcare system.
5. Review of the HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control Law
The law passed in the 14th session of the National Assembly is one of the three laws passed by 100% of the deputies of the National Assembly.
Over the past 15 years, Vietnam’s HIV / AIDS prevention and control program has helped half a million people avoid HIV infection and more than 150,000 people avoid death.
Vietnam is one of the four countries with the best quality of HIV / AIDS treatment in the world, after the United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland.
6. Share disease information like never before
In the last year, the health sector has coordinated the businesses of the Ministry of Information and Communications and telecommunications to send 20 billion text messages (SMS) with recommendations for prevention and control of epidemics, asking to share with the people.
As of the end of August 2020, more than VND 2.2 billion have been supported by individuals and businesses through the Vietnam Homeland Front to assist the forces against the epidemic.
7. Initiative on Disease Control Day 12/27
Vietnam introduced the establishment of the International Ready for Disease Control Day on December 27 and it was approved by the United Nations General Assembly. This is the first resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the matter and the first resolution proposed, negotiated and promoted by Vietnam.
8. 90.8% of people participate in medical insurance.
The rate of people participating in health insurance has exceeded the goal set by the National Assembly and the Government. Furthermore, Vietnam has reached the rate of 28 hospital beds per 10,000 inhabitants.
The first case of successful case-based health insurance payment method will be rolled out nationwide by 2021.
9. The physical condition of the Vietnamese people changed positively
According to the results of the 2020 Nutrition Census carried out by the Institute of Nutrition and the General Statistical Office, the height reached for young men is 168.1 cm and for women it is 156.2 cm (the previous level is 153cm for women, 163.7cm for men).
The Vietnamese height has improved a lot over the years.
The height gain of young Vietnamese in 1990-2020 is equivalent to Japan’s golden period of height gain in 1955-1995.
Also according to the results of this census, the stunting rate for children under 5 years of age in Vietnam is only 19.6%, the first time it has fallen below 20%. This is considered a low level according to the 1997 classification of the World Health Organization.
10. Vietnam maintains replacement fertility
Vietnam supports an average of 2.1 children per woman of reproductive age during the last 14 years. By reaching and maintaining the current replacement fertility rate, the population will remain stable, helping to reduce the imbalance in the sex ratio at birth, prolonging the golden age of the population, slowing the aging of the population and improving the population. improve the quality of the population, contributing to the rapid and sustainable development of the country.
Thuy Hanh
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