Center for preventive medicine, overview over 10 years
- Author:
Nguyen Cong Khanh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
preventive medicine
- MeSH:
Preventive Medicine;
Public Health;
prevention & control
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2003;13(4):81-86
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Some achievements of preventive medicine were studied and analysed on 30 Centers of preventive medicine in whole country. The prevalence of some diseases were reduced considerably: measle 37 times, pertussis 102 times, the mortality of diarrhoea reduced by 17 times, neonatal tetanus 6 times, polyomyelitis 9 times. 40 24% of the staff working day were mobilized for struggle against epidemy. Waters, foods, enviromental samples were collected and controlled with a lack of equipment interms of variety and quantity. The salary and subsidy were rather low