Vietnam shares valuable scientific research and experience at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023. (Photo: suckhoedoisong.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – With valuable scientific research and experience
shared at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023 that took place in Paris
on November 15-18, Vietnam demonstrated its to tuberculosis
(TB) prevention, according to Director of the National Lung Hospital Dinh Van
Luong.
The country’s achievements in new treatment regimens, diagnostics quality and screening
as well as the expansion of TB prevention were highlighted at the event, said Luong, who is the head of the National TB Control Programme. He added presentations that spotlighted Vietnam’s experience in post-pandemic
response and recovery were highly commended by foreign delegates.
Particularly, Vietnam affirmed its pioneering role in joining efforts to test
TB vaccine in 2023, he stressed.
The conference brought together 3,000 delegates
who were representatives from governmental organisations and public health
establishments, doctors, and TB-affected people all over the world.
In the framework of the conference, representatives from Vietnam’s National TB
Control Programme had working sessions with several partners, including the
University of California, San Francisco, the University of Sydney, TB Alliance
and CHAI.
The Vietnamese delegation to the (Photo: suckhoedoisong.vn)Vietnam is currently ranked 11th among the 30 countries
worldwide with the highest burden of TB and multidrug-resistant TB.
The country detected 103,120 TB patients in 2022, up nearly 31%
year-on-year, and 1.8% against that of 2020, proving the strong recovery of the
National TB Control programme.
With new treatment regimens such as BPaL having been put in place, the
country has carved out a high multidrug-resistant TB treatment success rate.
TB disease among adolescents and adults could save 8.5 million lives.
It would also reduce the need for antibiotic treatment and save billions
of dollars in costs faced by TB affected households, most of whom are poor and
vulnerable./.
Source: VietnamPlus
