The (Source: chinhphu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the
Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has approved the establishment of a
based on the restructuring of the Centre for Preventive
Medicine in Hanoi.
Under Decision 4016/QD-UBND signed on
August 6, after reshuffling, the Centre for Preventive Medicine will be renamed
as (Hanoi CDC) and have a total of 540 staff
members.
The Hanoi CDC, which is under the direct
control of the municipal Health Department, will provide counselling and
organise activities on disease prevention and health risk reduction. The centre
is also tasked with managing community health.
Earlier, the Centre for Preventive Medicine
was re-organised with the merger of nine units of the city’s preventive
medicine system.
In addition, the reproductive health care
centre at the Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital was moved to the Hanoi
CDC.
Meanwhile, the division for medicine and cosmetics
testing in the former Centre for Preventive Medicine was separated from the
centre and upgraded to the municipal centre for medicine, cosmetics and food
testing.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
