Abbott funds a project on preventing diabetes in Vietnamese pregnant women. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Representatives of the
Health Ministry and signed a
on a project to in Hanoi on
February 1.
Addressing the signing ceremony, Deputy Health
Minister Nguyen Viet Tien said, preventing and controlling diabetes during
pregnancy help reduce obstetrical accidents and mother and infant fatality, contributing
to implementing the national strategy for preventing non communicable diseases for
2015-2025, and the national strategy on population and reproductive healthcare
for the 2011-2020 period.
Tien said the project on preventing and
controlling diabetes in pregnant women will benefit all people as well as health
workers, adding that the project and other health schemes funded by Abbott have
proven the effective cooperation between the two sides.
According to the MoU, Abbott Vietnam will help
the develop a national guidebook on preventing and controlling
diabetes during pregnancy, which will serve as the basis for the compilation of
relevant training curricula and materials for the medical sector.
Under the project, publicity campaign will also be
conducted to raise the awareness among community and obstetrical doctors of
preventing and controlling diabetes during pregnancy.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO),
there are 346 million patients with diabetes in the world. Without intervening
measures, the figure may double by 2030.
In Vietnam, over 70 percent of people with
diabetes are not diagnosed and treated early, including pregnant women.
Diabetes during pregnancy without treatment can
result in the death of mothers, fetuses and newborns.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
