43 cases of eclampsia had been treated during 5 years (1994- 1998) in Hai Phong Obst/Gyn hospital with an incidence of 1.5% total pregnancies, and toxemia of pregnancy was 9.12% pregnancies. 70% of the patients located in rural areas, primipara was 62.8%, manual laboures: 74%, eclampsia appears in every season but frequently in winter- spring: 67.4%. * Treatment: the principal treatment included: magnesium sulfate for anticonvulsion, vasodilators for antihypertension. Cesarean section: 13 cases (30.2%). * Newborns: 50% of the babies were under 2,500 g of weight, its death rate: 9.3% (focus on the low weight births). *Conclusion -Eclampsia appears in every season especially in Winter- Spring. -The appearance is in the manual labourers and in the countyside livings.
Uterine Rupture ; epidemiology

The conception of health care or health services socialization was the first mentioned in the resolution of the fourth conference held by the seventh Party Central Committee. In the last twelve years, we reached many achievements in order to translate the policy of health services socialization into reality: People have many improvements in terms of self-defense consciousness and health care. There are many new organizational forms: health insurance, charity fund, health care fund for the poor. Besides public health establishments, there are many private health establishments with various economic forms. However, the socialization of health services has many limits: the contrary of market mechanism put new pressures on health sector. On the other hand, health establishments lack of budget to pay essential health services
Health Services ; Socialization

Rehabilitation has become a part of primary health care. Subject: Disabled children aged 0-15 years in Luong Son district, Hoa Binh province. Method: Cross-sectional description with analysis. The results showed that 64.3% of disabled children have needs of overall rehabilitation, with need of learning is predominant (52.7%). Rehabilitation needs are higher in disabled children than in adult. Needs of communication and learning are predominant in disabled children. The lower education the children have, the higher level of rehabilitation they need.
Rehabilitation ; Child

The study was conducted on 81 patients with age from 6 to 15 years and have recurrent abdominal pain who were treating at the HuÕ Central Hospital between July 2000 to July 2001. It was found that the H. pylori infection rate is relative high in the patients with recurrent abdominal pain (41.98%), There was not difference in the rate of infection between two genders, age groups and between rural and urban. This rate is significant high in patients with recurrent abdominal pain who have family history of this condition, time of recurrence is longer than 12 months and the frequency of pain is more than 4 episodes.
Helicobacter infections ; abdominal pain

The study involved 81 patients aged from 6 to 15 years who were treated at the HuÕ Central Hospital between July 2000 to July 2001. The results showed that H. pylori infection played an important role in gastroduodenal pathology in pediatric patients with persistent abdominal pain. Rate of patients with persistent abdominal pain who have gastric lesions is high (56.67%). 88.89% of patients who have H. pylori infection have duodenal lesions. 100% of patients who have persistent abdominal pain with duodenal ulcer have H. pylori infection.
Helicobacter Infections ; abdominal pain ; child

When working, officials and staffs from any sector must have occupational ethics. However, the health sector requires the highest occupational ethics. That is natural obligation of this sector because the health and life for everybody are most valuable matters
Ethics, Medical ; Delivery of Health Care

Some herbs as Adenosma caeruleum (I) and Spirulina (II) are used for treatment of hepatic diseases in Vietnam. The substances collected from aqueous extracts of these herbs were used in our experiments. Their hepato-protective effects were estimated by criteria such as: Their antioxidative activity in vitro, The content of malonyl dialdehyd (MDA) glutathion (GSH) in livers and activities of enzymes SGOT, SGPT in serum of mice administered substances of (I) or (II) or mixture of (I) and (II), comparison with controls. Results show that extracted substances of these herbs possesses strong hepato-protective effects. It is necessary to elucidate further their hepato-protective effect
Plants, Medicinal ; spirulina ; Medicine, Traditional

Up to 1997, 41 provinces (67%) implemented the vertical administration of the health network. 18 provinces (33%) implemented the local administration of the health network. The ASEAN members have implemented the vertical administration of the health network. The experiences and fact have shown that the method of the vertical administration found effectively and actively. It allowed exploiting the potential of all resources and developing the efficacy of health activity in the past and current period.
Community Networks ; Organization and Administration

The Vietnam's physicians resource has been developing for the past 55 years. All generations of health staffs were in the country's defend and construction. They overcome difficulties, even sacrifice to care the people health and solider health. The health staffs dedicated the health, knowledge and experiences for the cause of the liberation defend as well as construction of socialist republic of Vietnam
Health Care Sector ; History, 21st Century

This cross-sectional survey was carried out in Mekong Delta region in order to measure hypertensive rate among 15-75 years old people. The results showed that: the hypertensive rate is 14.9% and 9.4% is in a high-risk group whose systolic blood pressure of 130-139mmHg. Hypertension is found to be strongly ralated to BMI, age, low level of education and income, divorce, and widow(er)hood. Hypertension is also associated with drinking, smoking, salty diet and family medical history
Hypertension ; Risk Factors