Bac Can Centre of Preventive Health has not established the required departments as set forth in decision numbered 2468/1999/QD-BYT yet. There was a shortage of specialized staff, in terms of the number and quality. Moreover, the center' facilities and equipment have not been as proper as its functions. The centers' capacity has concentrated on the scope of epidemic control, health program management, and information technology application. Technical support will be provided with the mode of hand-on-practice for certain subjects
health ; prevention & control

Data research from 1997-2004, restrospective and cross-sectional studies were conducted every 6 months from 4/2002-4/2004 to collect data on malaria patients and the rate of malaria parasite and follow up the sectoral development of Anopheles and An. minimus at areas where interruption of vector prevention at different times: 1, 2 or 3 years showed that indicators like malaria patients, malaria patients/1000 residents and the density of malaria parasite were decreasing and stable. An.minimus recovers and increase with time. The density at 2-3 years after spraying was higher than the density at the point of spraying. An.minimus presented at all sites of the study but the density in striking people was low. If the supervision, management and treatment of malaria patients are well, the malaria situation could be kept stable even vector control methods were not used often
Malaria ; Prevention & control

Vietnam has implemented the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) since 1981. Since 1986 the EPI has been accelerated. From that time, the proportion of full immunization coverage has steadily increased every year. The EPI has significantly impacted on the downward trend of all vaccine preventable diseases. In parallel with an increase of full immunization coverage, the incidences of the EPI target diseases have decreased each year. Especially, poliomyelitis has dramatically decreased from 559 cases in 1992 to 0 case in 1998. Neonatal tetanus has been eliminated since 1995 by achieving a rate below 1 per 1000 live births at the provincial level. Diphtheria is no longer a problem of community health. Measles has fallen by 47% between 1987-1998.
vaccines ; disease ; prevention & control

Pulmonary dust (mainly silicosis) is a serious occupational disease not only severely influences people health but also cause the death. The silicosis prevention and control is not only responsibility of health sectors but also general responsibility of society. In order to strengthen the silicosis prevention and control, treatment of nursing, it should have combination of intersectors and general community to implement uniform and effective solutions proposed
Silicosis ; Prevention & control

This paper introduced some epidemiological features of suicide, the risk factors of commit suicide such as mental disorder, personality disorder, physical lesion and social and environmental factors. This paper also introduced the strategy for prevention and control of commit suicide to reduce the morbidity and mortality rate of suicide.
Suicide ; Prevention & control

A study on 2 areas with high risks: Son Tinh district (Quang Ngai province) and Ninh Thuan province showed that: children had vaccinated of neonatal tetanus prevention in Son Tinh district and Ninh Thuan province were 89,27% and 84,29% respectively. Children without tetanus vaccination were 10,73% and 15,7% respectively. Among them, their mothers had not vaccinated or only vaccinated one dose was 69,7%, the rest vaccinated lately or out of the protective time.
Tetanus ; Prevention & control

National Institute of Malariology - Parasitology - Entomology reported national malaria status in the first 6 months of 2004. Investigative indexes included: mortality, morbidity, the shortcomings of technology, natural environmental and social changes, resource management. Providing some focuses on malaria prevention in the second 6 months of 2004 for malaria epidemiological surveillance, vecto prevention, malaria treatment and diagnosis, communicative education and malaria preventive socialization
Malaria ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ;

In 2003, due to practice effectively malaria prevention programs and intensify supervise malaria epidemiology that malaria prevention in Tuyen Quang provice had good results, gained 3 aims: malaria morbidity reduced 28%, malaria mortality 0%. Malaria epidemiology was stable in Tuyen Quang. However, in 15 malaria parasites in Tuyen Quang in 2003, there was 14 was exotic malaria parasites from the South and other provinces. Therefore, in the later years, beside the investigation, management of Ministy of Health, the government project for malaria prevention, National Institute of Malariology - Parasitology - Entomology, Tuyen Quang needed to implement well malaria epidemiological surveillance in basic levels and malaria preventive plan to maintain gained malaria preventive results
malaria ; epidemiology ; prevention & control

This paper introduced the frequent cancers in Vietnam, the situation of the cancer prevention and control in Hanoi, especially the activities of the department of tumor of Hai Ba Trung hospital during past 10 years (1988-1999), concurrently establish the orientation, objectives of cancer prevention and control program in Hanoi from now to 2000.
neoplasms ; prevention & control

From 1994 up to now, active measures in the prevention of cholera have been implementing in Thua Thien Hue province, by the proper investment for safe water supplying, waste treatment, sewage treatment, sanitary-food safety examination and control of chloride content in safe water system, close supervise and soon discovery of patients with cholera, quick and strict responding to the epidemic so that limiting and decreasing significantly the mortality.
Cholera ; prevention & control