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Hanoi (VNA) – and management of treatment of
like hypertension at commune-level health stations
will be the focus of the Project on Strengthening Management of Hypertension
and Diabetes at Commune Health Station and Communication on Salt Use Reduction.
The project was launched at a workshop held by the Ministry of Health’s General
Department of Preventive Medicine (GDPM) in Hanoi on July 17.
Also, the project will give due attention to giving consultations to obesity
and pre-diabetes patients as well as enhance communication works to raise
public awareness of daily salt intake.
A report conducted by the GDPM and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2015
showed that one in five Vietnamese adults has high blood pressure and one in 25
gets diabetes. However, only 14 percent of hypertension patients, and 29
percent of diabetes patients were under at medical stations.
According to GDPM Deputy Director Truong Dinh Bac, cardiovascular is the most
common non-infectious disease in Vietnam, which leads to 30 percent of deaths
nationwide.
He said that high blood pressure and diabetes are the major cause of
cardiovascular, and too much salt intake could increase diabetes and
hypertension risks.
Each Vietnamese person consumes up to 9.4 grammes of salt a day, nearly
doubling the level recommended by the WHO which is under 5 grammes per day.
At the workshop, the WHO representative in Vietnam affirmed that the
organisation has supported Vietnam in reducing burden of non-communicable
diseases. Regarding cardiovascular, the WHO and the Ministry of Health has
piloted the hypertension and diabetes management models at coummune-level medical
stations.
The WHO has also given assistance in building a national action plan on
communications on salt use reduction during 2018-2025.
It has worked to improve capacity of commune-level medical stations in 11
provinces in hypertension and diabetes treatment and management. In the second
phase, the project will back 10 more localities.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
