Doctor is taking care of patient (Photo VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – General Secretary of
the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has signed a CPV Central
Committee resolution on public health (Resolution 20) which sets a goal for 95
percent of the population to be covered by health insurance by 2025.
At least 95 percent of children are expected to
be vaccinated under the national . The mortality
rate among under-five-year-old children is hoped to drop by 18.5 per 1,000 and
for under one-year-olds 12.5 per 1,000.
The proportion of underweight children under
five years old is set to be kept below 20 percent, with the obesity rate among
adults under 12 percent.
More than 90 percent of the population are
expected to receive health management and 95 percent of medical stations at
communes, wards and towns will implement prevention, management and treatment
of some non-communicable diseases.
The country expects to have 30 hospital beds, 10
doctors, and 25 nurses per 10,000 people by 2025.
By 2030, it aims to basically put an end to
AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. More than 90 percent of the population are
expected to be satisfied with medical services.
The CPV Central Committee also promulgated a resolution
on reforming the management, improving quality and operational efficiency of
public service institutions, and a on reshuffling and streamlining
the political system at its sixth plenary session, which took place in Hanoi from
October 4-11.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
