Vinamilk and nursing team improve the effectiveness of community health care

Over the years, Vinamilk has continuously cooperated and accompanied the activities of the Vietnam Chief Nursing Club. Recently, Vinamilk has accompanied the Club to organize the "First International Nursing Scientific Conference" in Hanoi with the participation of more than 600 medical staff and nurses nationwide. This is an activity within the program of combining medicine and nutrition to improve the effectiveness of community health care that Vinamilk is implementing. Accompanying more than 3,000 chief nurses nationwide With over 150,000 employees, nurses and midwives are the largest force, accounting for more than half of the total number of civil servants, public employees and workers in the health sector in Vietnam. Speaking at the First International Nursing Scientific Conference, Prof. Dr. Tran Van Thuan - Deputy Minister of Health said that nursing is a noble profession, requiring not only solid professional knowledge but also love, dedication and a high sense of responsibility. The first International Nursing Scientific Conference in 2024 is also an event marking 5 years of Vinamilk accompanying the team of head nurses nationwide - a force that plays a very important role in caring for and improving the effectiveness of medical treatment in particular, and public health in general - through the Vietnam Head Nurses Club. In 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Vinamilk began accompanying the Vietnam Head Nurses Club with the goal of supporting the nursing force while carrying out epidemic prevention work, while training to improve knowledge and skills in patient care. After that, the two sides joined hands to organize training courses, specialized training; introducing advanced nutritional solutions to support treatment and health care more effectively. After 5 years of accompanying, Vinamilk has supported the Head Nurses Club to organize more than 20 training programs, for more than 3,000 nurses and medical staff across the country. The two units also jointly developed and published more than 2,000 books and communication materials on nutritional health. Since then, many models of nutritional health education and communication have been launched, piloted in many hospitals such as: Central Endocrinology, Central Children's and Bach Mai, which are expected to become typical examples for replication in other hospitals across the country.

More than 3,000 nurses and medical staff have improved their professional skills through training classes and courses...

“During the past 5 years of accompanying, we have implemented a series of meaningful activities, contributing to raising awareness of the importance of nutritional care for patients as well as professional capacity for thousands of nurses and medical staff across the country”, MSc. Ha Thi Kim Phuong, Vice President of the Vietnam Chief Nursing Club, Head of the Nursing-Nutrition-Infection Control Department of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management, Ministry of Health shared at the first International Nursing Scientific Conference recently held in Hanoi. Combining nutrition and medicine to take care of community health With the orientation of combining “nutrition and medicine” to improve the effectiveness of health care and recovery, Vinamilk has been working together with more than 10,000 medical staff, along with nearly 200 hospitals, medical facilities and organizations across the country for many years. The activities are carried out with the following orientations: Improving skills and knowledge for medical staff in terms of expertise and nutrition; Providing appropriate nutritional solutions for each subject; Supporting training programs, specialized training... to effectively prevent and treat diseases, improve general health. Recently, Vinamilk signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Vietnam Vaccine Center System (VNVC) and Tam Anh General Hospital to implement health care activities in many aspects such as: vaccination, improving immunity and comprehensive nutrition, communication and education on health improvement, cooperation in research of specialized nutritional products for children and adults.

Strategic cooperation signing ceremony between Vinamilk, Tam Anh General Hospital and VNVC.

Previously, in 2023, Vinamilk established the "Protecting Hands" club to support maternal and newborn health care with the Vietnam Midwives Association. At the same time, it coordinated with medical associations and medical units nationwide such as the Vietnam Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition to organize a series of conferences to improve professional capacity for nearly 400 doctors, nurses and clinical nutritionists; implemented a series of programs aiming to provide health care for 1 million elderly people in Vietnam; supported heart surgery for poor patients and children across the country... "In the coming time, Vinamilk will continue to promote these activities, because appropriate nutrition will provide a good health foundation, improve the effectiveness of disease treatment and shorten the recovery time... Vinamilk believes that these accompanying activities will bring many values ​​to medical staff and workers themselves and from there, spread to the community", said Mr. Do Thanh Tuan, Director of External Relations of Vinamilk. Source: https://nhandan.vn/vinamilk-cung-doi-dieu-duong-nang-cao-hieu-qua-cham-soc-suc-khoe-cong-dong-post813999.html