06 duties in specialized operations of commune-level healthcare stations in Vietnam

According to the Circular No. 33/2015/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, commune-level healthcare stations shall perform the following specialized operations as follows:

1. Preventive medicine:

- Vaccination;

- Supervise and adopt measures for prevention and control of infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases and diseases of unknown cause; promptly detect and report diseases and epidemics;

- Provide guidelines on environmental hygiene, risks to community health; accident prevention, building safe communities; school health; and community nutrition as prescribed by law;

- Inspect, supervise and deploy activities concerning food safety in their communes as per the law.

2. Medical examination and treatment; and use of traditional medicine in medical examination and treatment:

- Perform first aid and emergency aid;

- Perform medical examination and treatment and physical rehabilitation according to their level of specialty and scope of practice as prescribed by law;

- Combine traditional medicine with modern medicine in medical examination and treatment via pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches; apply and inherit experience and effective remedies and treatment methods, and conserve valuable medicinal plants in their communes;

- Conduct preliminary medical examination for conscription.

3. Reproductive healthcare:

- Perform specialized operations concerning pregnancy management; childbirth assistance and natural birth delivery;

- Provide healthcare to mothers and children according to their level of specialty and scope of practice as per the law.

4. Provision of essential medicines:

- Manage drug and vaccine sources assigned as regulated;

- Give instructions on safe, proper and effective use of drugs;

- Develop model medicinal herb garden suitable to each commune’s situation.

5. Community health management:

- Manage health of households and the elderly, cases of infectious diseases, diseases of unknown cause, non-communicable diseases and chronic diseases;

- Cooperate in school health management.

6. Health education:

- Provide information related to diseases and epidemics; vaccination; risks to community health and preventive methods thereof;

- Advise and encourage people to participate in maintenance, protection and improvement of their health; and in population and family planning.

View more details at Circular No. 33/2015/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from December 14, 2015.

Le Hai

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