Hanoi: Prevention of human diseases is the current key task

• On the afternoon of April 15, Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha chaired an online briefing between the Steering Committee for disease prevention and control in Hanoi.

Preventing epidemics according to the motto "4 on the spot"

Reporting at the conference, Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Health Vu Cao Cuong said: about the epidemic situation, since the beginning of the year, a number of epidemics have emerged such as: Dengue fever, whooping cough, hand, foot and mouth disease... For fever hemorrhage, as of April 12, the entire city recorded 570 cases, an increase compared to the same period in 2023, of which the districts with many cases are Dong Da, Ha Dong, Hoang Mai, Hai Ba Trung, Chuong My, Bac Tu Liem.

The number of outbreaks arising in 2024 is 5 outbreaks, all of which have now ended. Dengue fever cases were mainly recorded in January. This is the final stage of the 2023 epidemic cycle. From March until now, the number of cases recorded has been low (less than 20 cases/week), no new outbreaks and complicated outbreaks arise. However, it should be noted that the annual epidemic cycle will increase when it begins in the summer.

For hand, foot and mouth disease, to date, 585 cases have been recorded, an increase of 63% in the number of cases compared to the same period in 2023. Particularly in the week from April 5 to 12, 161 cases were recorded, an increase of 37 cases compared to the previous week. . Patients are scattered in 28 districts. The number of disease outbreaks arising in 2024 is 9, currently there are 5 active outbreaks.

In 2024, outbreaks and clusters of cases arising in schools have also been recorded. According to annual rules, April - May is the peak period for hand, foot and mouth disease, so in the coming time, we will continue to record an increase in the number of cases and the number of outbreaks and clusters of cases. Localities need to further strengthen coordination between health units and schools to prevent and control epidemics, promptly detect and treat cases and handle outbreaks quickly in accordance with special regulations. especially outbreaks in schools, do not let the epidemic situation spread widely and prolong.

Regarding whooping cough epidemic, in 2024, 46 cases were recorded, the majority of cases were children under 2 months old, the proportion of children were unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated. It is expected that in the coming time, scattered cases of whooping cough will continue to be recorded, mainly in young children who are not yet of vaccination age or have not been vaccinated.

Some other infectious diseases such as chickenpox, streptococcus, tetanus... all have the same number of cases or decrease compared to the same period in 2023.

Right from the beginning of the year, Hanoi City issued a plan for disease prevention and control in 2024, thoroughly directing the implementation of local disease prevention and control activities with the motto "4 on the spot". Facing the complicated situation of rabies in the country, at the same time, the city has recorded 2 rabies outbreaks in dogs in Soc Son district. The Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development have proactively issued an inter-sectoral plan on coordinating the implementation of measures to prevent and control diseases transmitted from animals to humans in Hanoi city. Districts have done well in disease prevention and control with many solutions.

Hoan Kiem District recorded 10 cases of dengue fever, 16 cases of influenza A, 20 cases of chickenpox... Currently, the District has implemented disease prevention and control in 2024, maintaining a 24-hour rapid response team. /7, processing information about epidemics. In the coming time, the District will promote environmental sanitation campaigns and strengthen supervision in the community.

Thanh Oai district in the area recorded 28 cases of dengue fever, 29 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, and 13 cases of chickenpox. Thanh Oai has mobilized the entire political system to propagate disease prevention and control, so since the beginning of the year, the epidemic situation has been basically stable.

In the first 3 months of the year, the entire City deployed 17 environmental sanitation campaigns to kill larvae. In the first quarter, compensatory vaccination was implemented for subjects who were not fully vaccinated in the 2023 expansion program. The Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has granted Hanoi basically enough to ensure enough expanded vaccination demand. Hanoi CDC deployed disease surveillance at 44 schools, in 13 districts.

The Department of Health requested the City People's Committee to direct key tasks in the coming time. Accordingly, units need to further strengthen prevention of dengue fever and other diseases; Research to update and supplement disease prevention plans/projects in accordance with the actual situation. Ensure the readiness of equipment, supplies, and chemicals to prevent epidemics to respond to all epidemic situations in the area in accordance with the motto "4 on the spot".

Localities and specialized agencies monitor and handle dengue fever cases and outbreaks in accordance with regulations, minimizing the spread and prolonged outbreak. Focus on inspection and supervision in communes and wards with high rates of missed larvae nests and high rates of thoroughly spraying chemicals to kill mosquitoes. Strengthen communication work and guide people to prevent epidemics, especially dengue fever and summer epidemics... The Department of Health requests the People's Committees of districts, towns and cities to strengthen the implementation of prevention measures. , fighting epidemics is considered a key political task in protecting and caring for people's health; Consider including the content of completing disease prevention and control targets in the monthly and annual assessment of units' tasks.

Consider the principal's responsibility if he or she does not do a good job of epidemic prevention

Concluding at the conference, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Vu Thu Ha emphasized focusing on 2 groups of work. For epidemic prevention, this is the key task of the second and third quarters. It is necessary to strengthen the City's epidemic prevention and control steering committee. The Department of Health must urgently review and coordinate with departments and branches to adjust membership, review contents, assign areas, and readjust work assignments. It must be issued no later than April. Regarding communication work, the organization is diverse in form and content, so people are fully aware of the evolving and dangerous situation of the epidemic. Regarding media content, the Department of Health presides over and changes media content, focusing on videos; The Department of Information and Communications researches forms of communication, uses platforms, and warns people to prevent diseases, content has a strong impact on subjects, and divides subjects for communication.

Regarding general environmental cleaning, localities are required to have a general environmental cleaning campaign at least in April. High-risk, repetitive areas require more frequency. Regarding hand, foot and mouth disease, it is recommended that the Department of Health and the Department of Education and Training need to review, propagate, guide, and broadcast videos for teachers and students to watch.

"Educational establishments that do not seriously implement epidemic prevention and control can consider responsibility and discipline the principal" - Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Vu Thu Ha emphasized.

Localities need to strictly implement and ensure motto 4 on the spot, shock and surveillance forces need to ensure responsibility... Localities are not subjective and do a good job of epidemic prevention.

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