Can Tho sets health care targets for 2018

The city of aims to lower the HIV infection rate in the locality to less than 0.3 percent in 2018 (Photo: VNA)

Can Tho (VNA) – The Mekong
Delta city of Can Tho aims to lower the in the locality to
less than 0.3 percent in 2018, said Deputy Director of the municipal Health
Department Cao Minh Chu.

This is one of the main tasks for the
city’s health sector in 2018 which were discussed at the sector’s conference
held on December 22.

In addition, Can Tho’s will work
to develop health personnel and raise quality of medical stations by 2020, as
well as establish a disease monitoring centre and continue to implement the
city’s satellite hospital project.

The sector will also enhance monitoring and
prevent outbreaks of major diseases including dengue fever, hand-foot-mouth and
measles, Chu added. Especially, the city will intensify the control of food quality
and safety.

In 2017, Can Tho recorded nearly 1,200
dengue fever cases, a rise of 383 cases year-on-year, with no fatalities. As
many as 916 hand-foot-mouth cases occurred in the city, with one death in the
reviewed period.-VNA