Final round of the "Excellent Primary Health Care" Competition in 2024

NDO - Based on the criteria of the 2024 "Excellent Grassroots Health" Competition, the Organizing Committee awarded the First Prize to the team from Binh Phuoc province; the Second Prize to the team from Phu Yen province; the Third Prize to the team from Dong Nai province; the Encouragement Prize to the teams from Hai Duong, Binh Dinh provinces and Hai Phong city.

On the evening of November 22, at the Au Co Art Center (Hanoi), the Ministry of Health organized the Final Round of the "Excellent Grassroots Health" Competition in 2024.

Attending the event were Deputy Minister of Health Le Duc Luan; representatives of departments and bureaus under the Ministry of Health; leaders of the Department of Health of provinces and cities; actors participating in the contest from the localities: Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Binh Phuoc and Dong Nai and a large number of medical staff, students and pupils from universities in Hanoi.

Speaking at the contest, Deputy Minister Le Duc Luan said that Vietnam is one of the few countries with a complete and widely organized health network down to the villages. According to Resolution No. 99/2023/QH15 dated June 24, 2023 of the National Assembly, 100% of districts, towns, provincial cities, and cities have health centers; 99.6% of communes, wards, and towns have health stations; 97.3% of commune health stations meet national criteria for commune health in the 2011-2020 period.

Deputy Minister Le Duc Luan spoke at the Final Round of the "Excellent Primary Health Care" Competition in 2024.

The grassroots medical staff has been gradually strengthened, 92.4% of commune health stations have doctors working; 78.9% of commune health stations have doctors working on a permanent basis; the number of highly qualified medical staff is increasing. Facilities and equipment have been invested in upgrading and improving, with nearly 80% of commune health stations being solidly invested. The capacity and quality of medical service provision at grassroots health facilities have been increasingly improved, basically fulfilling assigned functions and tasks, and people's satisfaction with medical services has been improved.

Meanwhile, the grassroots medical staff is considered the “extended arm” of the health sector, contributing to the overall success of the entire health sector. Grassroots health is not only the place closest to the people, the most accessible, but also the first “shield” in disease prevention and control, and community health care. It is also where medical staff dedicate themselves, overcoming all difficulties to bring health and people’s trust in the health system.

Notably, on October 25, 2017, the 6th Conference of the 12th Party Central Committee issued Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW on strengthening the work of protecting, caring for and improving people's health in the new situation; on October 25, 2023, the Secretariat issued Directive No. 25-CT/TW on continuing to consolidate, improve and improve the quality of grassroots health care activities in the new situation. These are particularly important Resolutions and Directives for the health sector, according to which developing grassroots health care is one of the top concerns and tasks set by our Party in the work of caring for, protecting and improving people's health.

Currently, the Ministry of Health is still making efforts to implement many synchronous and comprehensive solutions to strengthen the grassroots health system, in order to improve the quality and efficiency of health services at this level, to better meet the health care needs of the people. In particular, continuing to invest resources in grassroots health; building a list of technical services that grassroots health can perform, as a basis for assigning tasks and placing orders; perfecting policies on salaries and incentives to attract and retain grassroots health workers; strengthening guidance, providing professional and technical support for grassroots health...

Delegates attending the Final Round of the "Excellent Primary Health Care" Competition in 2024.

Deputy Minister Le Duc Luan added that the 2024 "Excellent Grassroots Health" Contest has fulfilled its mission, which is to contribute to raising awareness and responsibility of Party committees, Party organizations, authorities, political systems and the health sector on the role, position and importance of grassroots health care in the task of primary health care; improving the effectiveness of state management and coordination responsibility of agencies and organizations in developing and implementing policies, laws on grassroots health care.

At the same time, expand and diversify communication activities, health education, and knowledge dissemination to raise awareness and change behaviors in protecting, caring for, and improving health; promote the movement of learning, training, fostering, and improving knowledge, professional skills, and health education and communication, communication skills, and public care of grassroots health workers; honor the beauty of knowledge, intelligence, talent, medical ethics, and style of serving the people in public health care of grassroots health workers.

According to the Organizing Committee's report, the "Excellent Grassroots Health Care 2024" contest is a contest for grassroots health workers. The contest takes place from July 2024 to November 2024. The contest has gone through three rounds: Preliminary round; Regional round taking place in three regions, with 16 participating teams (five teams from the central region, six teams from the southern region, five teams from the northern region) and six teams (first and second prize winners from the three regions) have been selected for the final round, including: Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Binh Phuoc and Dong Nai. In the final round, the teams will participate in three competitions, including: Greeting; Excellent station chief; Talented skit.

The performance was performed at the "Excellent Primary Health Care" Competition in 2024.

As a result, based on the criteria of the 2024 "Excellent Grassroots Health" Competition, the Organizing Committee awarded the First Prize to the team from Binh Phuoc province; the Second Prize to the team from Phu Yen province; the Third Prize to the team from Dong Nai province; the Encouragement Prize was awarded to the teams from Hai Duong, Binh Dinh provinces and Hai Phong city.

In addition, the Organizing Committee awarded six additional prizes for the following awards: Best Greeting; Best Situation Handling by the Head of the Medical Station; Best Skit; Best Costume; Best Actress; Best Actor.

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