On July 13, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 68/CD-TTg directing ministries, branches and localities to strengthen diphtheria prevention and control and strictly handle violations.
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| The Prime Minister requested to proactively control and prevent the spread and outbreak of diphtheria. |
Telegram on strengthening diphtheria prevention and control from the Prime Minister to the Ministers of Health, Education and Training, Information and Communications; General Directors of Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency; Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities.
The telegram stated: Diphtheria is a dangerous acute infectious disease, transmitted through the respiratory tract, and can lead to death. The disease is prevented by vaccination and can be cured if detected promptly. Recently, a number of cases have been detected, including deaths.
In order to proactively control, prevent and not let diphtheria spread and break out, the Prime Minister requested the Minister of Health to direct and guide.
Firstly, deploy measures to prevent and control diphtheria; proactively monitor, detect and promptly handle outbreaks; organize vaccination and treatment to best protect the health and lives of patients;
Second, organize training to improve capacity in monitoring, diagnosing and treating diphtheria.
Regarding the Minister of Education and Training, the Prime Minister requested that educational institutions carry out disease prevention and hygiene activities, ensure a clean and airy environment; organize health monitoring of children, pupils and students and immediately notify medical facilities when detecting suspected cases of the disease for timely isolation and treatment.
Ensuring logistics, medicines, vaccines, equipment, supplies, and chemicals for diphtheria prevention and control according to the 4 on-site motto
For the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, the Prime Minister requested to direct: Propagating and mobilizing people to implement measures to prevent and control diphtheria according to the recommendations of the health sector; instructing people when showing signs of the disease to immediately go to medical facilities for timely examination, consultation and treatment;
Organize diphtheria vaccination for target groups according to the instructions of the Ministry of Health, especially in areas where the disease is prevalent or where the diphtheria vaccination rate is low;
Closely monitor the epidemic situation in the area; proactively monitor and promptly detect cases of disease or suspected disease to thoroughly handle the outbreak; promptly treat and effectively admit, provide emergency care and treatment to patients;
Ensure logistics, medicines, vaccines, equipment, supplies, and chemicals for diphtheria prevention and control according to the 4 on-site motto;
Strengthen inspection and examination of the implementation of diphtheria prevention and control work and strictly handle violations.
In the dispatch, the Prime Minister requested the Minister of Information and Communications, General Directors of Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency and press agencies to strengthen propaganda on measures to prevent and control diphtheria; provide full and truthful information about the epidemic situation.
The Prime Minister assigned Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long to directly monitor and direct the implementation of this Official Dispatch.
The Government Office, according to its assigned functions and tasks, shall coordinate with the Ministry of Health to monitor and urge relevant ministries, agencies and localities to implement this Official Dispatch; promptly report to the Prime Minister any problems and difficulties in the implementation process.
* From the beginning of 2024 to now, the whole country has recorded 6 cases of diphtheria, including 1 death. Specifically, Ha Giang province recorded 3 cases of diphtheria in January, February and April 2024, in old epidemic areas (in Meo Vac, Dong Van and Yen Minh districts).
Nghe An province recorded 1 case and death (June 2024) in Ky Son district.
Bac Giang province recorded 2 cases of the disease (July 2024) in Hiep Hoa district, having close contact with the death case in Nghe An province.
According to the Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health: In Vietnam, the rate of diphtheria is currently low and the health system can control cases.
To proactively prevent diphtheria, the Department of Preventive Medicine recommends that people take the following measures:
Take your child to get vaccinated according to the schedule for diphtheria-containing vaccines (DPT-VGB-Hib, DPT...) completely and on schedule to ensure immunity for children of vaccination age. In case of delayed vaccination, take your child to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
People in areas with outbreaks must strictly follow the instructions for taking preventive medication and getting vaccinated as prescribed and recommended by health authorities. In case of close contact, self-monitor your health and immediately notify health workers if you have any suspected symptoms of the disease.
People should not panic, receive false information from unofficial mass media, and should not arbitrarily vaccinate with vaccines containing diphtheria without specific instructions and recommendations from health authorities in epidemic areas and according to the instructions of each type of vaccine containing diphtheria.
If necessary, contact the nearest medical facility for advice on disease prevention measures, ensuring vaccination of the right subjects, at the right dose and at the right time, as well as safety and effective disease prevention.
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