A was launched in the port city of Hai Phong on October 1. (Photo: VNA)Hai Phong (VNA) – A tuberculosis
prevention project was launched in the port city of on October 1 by
the city’s Department of Health.
Aiming to limit the incidence
of tuberculosis in the country to two in
every 100,000 persons by 2025,
the project, entitled “” (ZTB), will
implement a comprehensive model of care for
tuberculosis patients in the three cities with the highest, average and lowest incidence of
tuberculosis in the country.
They are Ho Chi Minh City (164/100,000), Hai
Phong (101/100,000) and Hoi An (68/100,000), respectively, according to Dr Le
Van Hoi, deputy director of the National Lung Hospital.
The project will intensify the screening for people who make direct
contact with tuberculosis patients, improving the social
workers’ capability and the quality of the diagnosis processes, as well as
minimising the risks of recurrence, and
expanding the collaboration with the National Tuberculosis
Control Programme.
Within the period
between 2005 and 2015, Vietnam
was one of the few countries that was able to
reduce the incidence of
tuberculosis and deaths to below 50 percent of the total population.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
