Illustrative image (Source: VNA) took place in Hanoi on May 30 to review implementation progress of the national
.
Speaking at the forum, Deputy
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam said Vietnam is
sustaining its leading position in the region by stepping up efforts in
response to the (ARES).
Vietnam will host a regional
conference on ARES in late 2018, he added.
The implementation of the One
Health strategy regarding antimicrobial resistance, influenza, and other
infectious diseases has been stepped up and recorded upbeat international
cooperation outcomes, Tam said.
The official noted Vietnam is
also continuing its involvement in the World Health Organisation’s tool for performance
evaluation of veterinary services and the World Bank’s health security
financing assessment tool.
He highlighted the country’s
ratification of an agreement on the establishment of the ASEAN Coordinating
Centre for Animal Health and Zoonoses (ACCAHZ) in April this year and its successful
hosting of the 3rd International Conference on the zoonotic diseases prevention
and control last year.
Dang Anh Tuan, Deputy
Director General of the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the
Health Ministry, said in line with the One Health strategy, the Government has
issued a number of legal documents, including the laws on infectious diseases
prevention and on animal health.
Nguyen Thu Thuy, deputy head
of the Department of Animal Health, informed the forum on One Health work to
tackle bird flu, rabies, and antimicrobial resistance in animal husbandry and
aquatic farming.
According to the official,
her department has submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development for approving a budget of 2.5 billion VND (110,000 USD) for rabies
prevention and control in 2018.
The department continues
guiding localities in the management of dogs and organisation of rabies
vaccinations, she said.
Thuy pointed to the fact that
the country has banned the use of antibiotics as growth stimulators in
livestock farming since January 2018.
By 2020, the use of
antibiotics for the prevention of animal diseases will also be banned, she
added.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
