A medical worker cares for a newborn baby (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The
Prime Minister recently approved the expansion of the prenatal and newborn
screening, diagnosis, and treatment of some diseases and disorders by 2030 so
as to help improve .
The programme, to be carried out nationwide,
looks to provide premarital health consultancy and check-up to 90 percent of
couples while reducing the number of by 60 percent.
It aims to have 70 percent of pregnant women
screened for at least four of the most popular congenital diseases and
disorders, and 90 percent of newborn babies screened for at least five of the
most common congenital health problems in the next 10 years.
Under this programme, the sites supplying
premarital health advice and examination, as well as prenatal and newborn
screening, will be set up in 90 percent of the communal-level localities
nationwide. and diagnosis facilities will also
be developed at obstetric and pediatric hospitals and general hospitals in 56
provinces and cities.
By 2025, five regional screening and diagnosis
centres will be upgraded, and two new similar centres will be built in the
northern midland and mountainous region and the Central Highlands.
The programme also expects three prenatal and
newborn screening and diagnosis sites at existing medical establishments will
reach ASEAN levels in the next five years./.
Source: VietnamPlus
