A view of the conference (Photo: thanhtra.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – and Danish
health experts shared experience in preventing and controlling non-communicable
diseases during a workshop in Hanoi on May 5.
ese Deputy Minister of Health Le Quang
Cuong stressed the event was part of a cooperation strategy between the two
countries in a bid to help Vietnam implement its action plan on non-infectious
disease control for 2015 – 2025.
He noted that Vietnam has carried out a series
of national target programmes to prevent and control non-communicable diseases
such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer and lung diseases.
Minister for Development Cooperation
Ulla Tørnæs said the precaution, detection and management
of chronic illnesses are an important part in the bilateral cooperation, adding
that diabetes is now a challenge for both nations.
The discussion revealed current preparations
between Vietnam and for a new strategic sector cooperation, which aims
at boosting early detection as well as the prevention and control of
non-communicable diseases via approaches to public health care.
In Vietnam, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases,
cancer and chronic lung diseases account for two-third of the total diseases
and cause 73 percent of the annual mortality.
It is estimated that there are 12 million people
with high blood pressure, 3 million diabetes patients and 2 million others with
chronic lung disease in Vietnam. Some 120,000 new cancer patients are detected
each year.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
