Study of the nutrition of workers on 5 sea objects on March 2003 showed that , each worker received 5000 Kcal per day from diet. The ration provided enough calories but it is not balanced according to the standard: over 20% of energy from protein (66.4% of them from animal products), 3% of energy from lipid (66.4% from animal products). This ration have no good influences on worker’s health, the excess of animal protein and lipid will lead to the risks of chronic diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and gout.
Nutritional Status ; Malnutrition ; Oils ; Gases

The cross - sectional survey on 500 private medical units at Ha Noi (300) and Da Nang (200) in 2003 showed that the average amount of times providing with health care by unit is 1095; the private medical installation having greatest times providing with heath care have realized 11.650 times/year. Each unit has in average 1139 times for medical consult, the case of emergency is 5.023 times, in average is 61 times by unit; each gyneco–obstetrical clinic has in average consult with pregnant women in 361 cases, the ultrasonic service is 1.118-1.200 times by unit and in average 855 times for biological examine by unit
Delivery of Health Care ; Health

The study was conducted between 1/2004 and 6/2005 in civilian-military health care commitees at 61provinces and cities and in civilian-military health care facilities. Aims of this study is to analyse the basic issues of civilian-military health care combination in preventive health and response to epidemics and disasters. The study also produced some recommendations on the model of mobile civillian - military medical team in prevention dangerous epidermics and bioterrorisms
Bioterrorism ; Preventive Health Services ; Military Personnel

In the year 2001, the influence of working environment of the tunel of Hoa Binh hydraulic power station on workers’ labour capacity was studied. Results show that in a shift of workers, the decline of capacity accounts for 39.71% generally for some occupational function, the most decreased is loss of memory (60.88%). Between two shifts the less rest time, the more decrease of capacity. The degree of decline of labour capacity increases progressively along the occupational age
Healthy Worker Effect ; Occupational Diseases ; Health Occupations

The interview was conducted with 1.500 households in Bac Giang city and a control group of 1.500 households in Tan Yen rural district. Secondary date were analysed. Matching the incidence of cancers and some factors of enviromental pollution in Bac Giang city territory, showed that the smokers had got a risk of cancer 1.56 folds higher than not smoking subjects, alcohol abuse subjects had got a risk of cancer 1.89 folds higher than who did not use alcohol. The subjects exposed to noxious chemicals had got a risk of cancer 1.06 folds higher than who did not. The subjects living in polluted enviroment had got the risk of cancer 1.06 folds higher than who did not.
Risk factors ; Neoplasms ; Epidemiology

Background: From the first case of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam on December 1990, up to June 30th 2007, there were 126,543 cases of HIV infections, 24,788 AIDS patients and 13,874 AIDS-related deaths. Strong political commitments were given by the government to develop HIV/AIDS prevention and control programs. Objectives: To discover the current state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and HIV/AIDS prevention as well as control in a number of northern provinces and to discover various related factors. Subjects and method: An analytic cross-sectional study was carried out from 2006 to 2007 on the leaders of local authorities, health facilities and HIV-infected people in 7 northern provinces. The documents and reports related to HIV/AIDS prevention and control were reviewed. Results: HIV/AIDS epidemic is not the problem of only the health system; it was increasing as a complex problem. HIV infection rate was higher in Quang Ninh, Ha Noi, and Son La. Among HIV-infected people, drug-injected users accounted for 93%. The prevention of HIV/AIDS has been planed, carried out in all communities, but is not very efficient and it requires high-quality solutions that should be widened to control and reduce this disease. Conclusion: The efficacy of current HIV/AIDS prevention and control program was not proficient.
HIV/AIDS epidemic ; prevention ; control