To ensure progress in completing documents for the Law on Disease Prevention project in Vietnam

To ensure progress in completing documents for the Law on Disease Prevention project in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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On February 2, 2024, the Minister of Health issued Decision 266/QD-BYT on the 2024 Plan for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control.

To ensure progress in completing documents for the Law on Disease Prevention project in Vietnam

For the goal of "Developing legal documents and professional guidance", the Ministry of Health has proposed the following contents:

- Complete the dossier to develop the Law on Disease Prevention project to ensure progress according to the Plan of the Government and the National Assembly.

- Advise on promulgation of the Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 104/2016/ND-CP regulating vaccination activities; Complete and promulgate Circulars: Circular stipulating basic health service packages implemented by commune-level health stations, and Circular replacing Circular 38/2017/TT-BYT promulgating the list of infectious diseases, scope, and subjects required to use vaccines and medical biological products; Building economic and technical norms for medical quarantine and preventive medicine services and coordinating to develop a Circular stipulating maximum prices for medical quarantine and preventive medicine services at public medical facilities in accordance with the provisions of the Price Law.

- Develop projects to implement Resolution 218/NQ-CP in 2023 on Plan to implement Resolution 99/2023/QH15, develop a plan to implement the Prime Minister's Conclusion on COVID-19 prevention and control in Notice 494/TB-VPCP in 2023 on the conclusion of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control at the conference summarizing the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control work of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control online with localities, and build a set of technical and professional criteria for the Provincial Center for Disease Control.

- Develop, update, and supplement projects, plans, and professional guidance in monitoring, preventing, and controlling infectious diseases and epidemics: Projects to implement Resolution 218/NQ-CP in 2023 on the Plan to Implement Resolution 99/2023/QH15; set of criteria and quality standards for industrial service services as prescribed in Decree 32/2019/ND-CP; set of technical and professional criteria for the Provincial Center for Disease Control;

Guidelines for surveillance and prevention of infectious diseases; Guidelines for integrated sentinel surveillance of influenza and COVID-19 syndrome; Supervision instructions: focus on hand, foot, and mouth; Guidelines for epidemiological zoning of common parasitic diseases; Event-based surveillance guidelines and guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases.

Over 85% of pregnant women in Vietnam are fully vaccinated against tetanus

Regarding the implementation of general professional and technical targets, the Ministry of Health has stated the following goals:

- Maintaining the achievement of eradicating polio and eliminating neonatal tetanus.

- The rate of full vaccination in the Expanded Immunization Program for children under 1 year old reaches ≥ 90% at the commune level.

- The rate of pregnant women vaccinated with the tetanus vaccine is >85%.

- 100% of border medical quarantine subjects are supervised, examined, and treated medically according to regulations, ensuring early detection and timely handling of disease cases according to regulations; minimizing disease intrusion and spread.

- Ensuring that newly arising diseases and epidemics are detected and handled promptly.

- Ensuring that officials working in epidemic prevention and control receive continuous training and education on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

- Ensuring staff working in statistics and reporting on infectious diseases are trained in surveillance, information, and reporting of infectious diseases.

- Ensuring that medical staff working in medical examination departments, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases departments are trained on infection control and guidance on diagnosis and treatment.

More details can be found in Decision 266/QD-BYT, taking effect on February 2, 2024.

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